We go for the Olive Oil spread around here. I hate marg and butter is too hard to spread (I might have to get me a Butter Up 😀). OO spread is just the thing 😀



Crowd funding is a pretty cool way to get things out into the marketplace though 🙂

My rice bran oil spread is delicious and low cholesterol and not full of nasties,

Cheap margarine has always been full of nasties.

Anyone with heart issues, high cholesterol , shouldn't eat butter. Medical advice supports that.

The butter knife is a good idea. Much easier to handle and clean than using a grater.

Crowd sourcing has to be a good idea.

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@j*oono wrote:

Anyone that still thinks eating margarine is healthier than using butter is living in the 90s.  

Butter is natural and doesn't need artificial colouring. Marge is full of trans fats and who knows what oils.  It's quite yukky actually.

 

Having said that, I use Butter Soft from New Zealand. The ingredients are cream (from milk), water, salt and milk fat. (Yes, I checked).  I keep it in the fridge and it's always easy to spread so I would say no to the butter knife.  If you really want something like that then just scrape a bit off with a serrated knife and wait for a few seconds.    

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The best for spreading (if one eats butter).  Triple churned, 100% pure and natural.

A vegetable peeler slices nice, thin strips of butter to put on your bread.

Softens quickly and is easy to spread.

 

I hate margarine. Reminds me of wartime starvation times.

 

Butter in moderation makes food taste real.

 

Erica

Face it Julia.  Butter is better, it's natural and it's healthy.  

With margarine do you really know what oils are in there. I will check the ingredients for the olive oil one but I remember that it contained other oils too when I looked at it.  

I'll let you know, right or wrong.

I would like to see the ingredients list for the lowest price tub of margarine. Are they Aust made or imported? Include Palm oil?

Will have a look next time I am in supermarket.

 

Heart Foundation recommends margarine over butter because, on average, butter contains 50 per cent saturated fat and four per cent trans fats, while margarine contains 14 per cent saturated fat and 0.25 per cent trans fat.

 

If consumed to excess, butter can increase levels of "bad" cholesterol and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

 

Margarine contains higher levels of healthy polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats.

 

Personally I don't like the taste of butter, so good margarine suits me, spread lightly, hate big blobs of butter or marg.

This is what is listed on the bottom of my olive oil spread tub.  I expect someone will come along to translate it for me 😀