What is the difference between....?

Question

butter and margarene? I mean, really.

Answer 1

From the Dairy Farmers of Oregon Website:

Butter is a natural dairy product made by churning or shaking cream until it reaches a semisolid state. Margarine is made from a single oil, or blend of oils, including animal and vegetable fats.

Answer 2

Butter vs. margarine
Information:
Is margarine healthier than butter? Neither is ideal, because butter is loaded with saturated fat , and almost all margarines have some saturated fat and trans fatty acids. However, if you must use one or the other, margarine may be better than butter.

Here are some guidelines:

Use canola or olive oil instead of butter or margarine.
Choose soft margarine (tub or liquid) over harder stick forms.
Choose margarines with liquid vegetable oil as the first ingredient.
Even better, choose "light" margarines that list water as the first ingredient, because these are even lower in saturated fat.
If you have high cholesterol, talk to your doctor about using margarines made from plant sterols or stanols. These substances, made from soybean and pine tree oils, can help lower your LDL cholesterol by as much as 6 - 15%. The American Heart Association recommends further study for children, pregnant women, and those without high cholesterol.
Limit:

Margarines, shortening, and cooking oils that have more than 2 grams of saturated fat per tablespoon.
"Hydrogenated" and "partially-hydrogenated" fats, because these are high in saturated fats and trans-fatty acids. Read ingredients on food labels.
Coconut, palm, and palm kernal oils, because they are very high in saturated fat.
Shortening or other fats made from animal sources.

Margarine vs butter


Review Date: 9/2/2005
Reviewed By: William McGee, M.D., M.H.A., Assistant Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, and Director ICU Quality Improvement, Critical Care Division, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

Answer 3

Butter is made from cream from a cow so it is high in cholesterol. Margarine is made from vegetabel oil so it is healthier for you.

Answer 4

Butter is made from cream and margarine is butter flavored fat.

Answer 5

Butter is made from animal fat, magarine from vegetable oil of differrent kinds.

Answer 6

Yep, Carmen just about summed it up.

FYI -- Margarine is only ONE molecule from being plastic. True!!

Answer 7

depend what you mean.
the butter is made exclusively from cow's milk.
the margarine is mixed.
And they have different action on your organism.

Answer 8

i think margarine has more vegetable oil ... or was that spreadable butter? (scratches head)

Answer 9

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Answer 10

plastic? that must be why I like chewing on pen caps so much

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