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Kind of like how fake butter turned out better than real butter? I don't usually add sarcasm tags, but in case you are wondering this was supposed to be sarcasm

Kind of like how fake butter turned out better than real butter? I don't usually add sarcasm tags, but in case you are wondering this was supposed to be sarcasm. Ya I realize there is a huge fake butter industry. And for most people it is good enough, it is not better than real butter.

edejong 4y ago
I prefer olive oil butter over any margarine. For almost all applications, I prefer it over butter.
- seszett 4y ago
  Isn't "olive oil butter" basically exactly what margarine is? It can also be made with other vegetable oils of course. I don't prefer it over butter although this is largely a matter of taste, but more importantly IMO, even if it was touted as a healthy alternative to butter in the 70s-80s, today margarine has been shown not to really be better after all. It's not used much anymore by people less than 50 or so, in France. I think modern margarine is probably better as it doesn't contain much transfats anymore, but in France the damage to its reputation has been done already. I live in Belgium though and people still use margarine here, but as far as I can't tell it's mostly because they just call everything "butter" and don't know the difference between margarine or butter.
Spivak 4y ago
My partner prefers Country Crock to butter. Like not “it’s convenient“ but even if I cook for them they prefer I use the fake stuff because they like the taste better. Movie theater butter has absolutely won over real butter in its niche. Pam and its contemporaries are also wildly popular over butter for pan cooking. All things considered fake butter has got to be one of the most successful vegan alternatives since non-vegans will choose it over butter.
tpush 4y ago
Health wise margarine's much better for you than butter, that's pretty uncontroversial. Partially hydrogenated margarines contain trans fats which are terrible for you, but they've been off the shelves for literal decades now.
- jacknews 4y ago
  maybe, maybe not: https://www.jeffnobbs.com/posts/death-by-vegetable-oil-what-the-studies-say https://www.jeffnobbs.com/posts/death-by-vegetable-oil-what-...
jacknews 4y ago
No, not like margarine at all. I mean biotech technologies that are essentially artificial milk glands, producing something very close to 'real' milk, without cows. Why grow a whole cow when we just want what the milk glands secrete, why grow a whole tree when we just want orange juice? Etc.

edejong 4y ago

I prefer olive oil butter over any margarine. For almost all applications, I prefer it over butter.

seszett 4y ago
Isn't "olive oil butter" basically exactly what margarine is? It can also be made with other vegetable oils of course. I don't prefer it over butter although this is largely a matter of taste, but more importantly IMO, even if it was touted as a healthy alternative to butter in the 70s-80s, today margarine has been shown not to really be better after all. It's not used much anymore by people less than 50 or so, in France. I think modern margarine is probably better as it doesn't contain much transfats anymore, but in France the damage to its reputation has been done already. I live in Belgium though and people still use margarine here, but as far as I can't tell it's mostly because they just call everything "butter" and don't know the difference between margarine or butter.

Spivak 4y ago

My partner prefers Country Crock to butter. Like not “it’s convenient“ but even if I cook for them they prefer I use the fake stuff because they like the taste better. Movie theater butter has absolutely won over real butter in its niche. Pam and its contemporaries are also wildly popular over butter for pan cooking. All things considered fake butter has got to be one of the most successful vegan alternatives since non-vegans will choose it over butter.

tpush 4y ago

Health wise margarine's much better for you than butter, that's pretty uncontroversial. Partially hydrogenated margarines contain trans fats which are terrible for you, but they've been off the shelves for literal decades now.

jacknews 4y ago
maybe, maybe not: https://www.jeffnobbs.com/posts/death-by-vegetable-oil-what-the-studies-say https://www.jeffnobbs.com/posts/death-by-vegetable-oil-what-...

jacknews 4y ago

No, not like margarine at all. I mean biotech technologies that are essentially artificial milk glands, producing something very close to 'real' milk, without cows. Why grow a whole cow when we just want what the milk glands secrete, why grow a whole tree when we just want orange juice? Etc.