About Margarine
- The butter substitute made mostly from vegetable oils is not really a healthy food option.
- It was initially created as a cheap butter substitute by French chemist Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès for Emperor Napoleon III, from milk and beef tallow.
- The margarine in the market today hardly has any milk, and most varieties are vegan.
- It is good for lactose intolerant people, who cannot consume milk and milk products.
- People who are having problems with saturated fats and animal fats can switch to vegan margarine.
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Margarine is marketed as a healthier alternative to butter, which is not true. It may seem like butter but is mainly manufactured using vegetable oils, salt, emulsifiers and trans-fats. Most of it isn’t healthy.
Butter, on the other hand, is made from milk, which is a topic of a lot of health debates but has been used without any problem for thousands of years. It is a good source of vitamins and calcium while being high in fats.
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