How well do you know your margarine history? French scientist Michel Eugene Chevreul discovered a new fatty acid in that he dubbed acide margarique. Napoleon III saw that both his poorer subjects and his navy would benefit from having easy access to a cheap butter substitute, so he offered a prize for anyone who could create an adequate replacement.
Far from it. The Dutch entrepreneurs realized that if margarine were going to become a substitute for butter, it needed to look like butter, so they began dyeing margarine, which is naturally white, a buttery yellow.
The Dutch company that improved upon his recipe did pretty well for itself, though. The company, Jurgens, eventually became a world-renowned maker of margarines and soaps and later became a part of Unilever. Of course the food industry would like you to believe that it is a healthier choice than butter, but this is untrue.
Above is a popular picture that I often see pop up on various social media sites- even insects can tell that it is not real food that is supposed to be ingested! So what should you use?
Good quality, organic butter in moderation will taste better. Try using hommus, avocado or tahini as a spread on bread. Or dip your bread in cold pressed olive oil like the Europeans. We'll design a FREE makeover of your home page and send it to you so you can view it online.
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Read more…. Toggle navigation. The Politics of Yellow: Butter vs. If you judge by this ad, it was quite a good time: Over time, as supply and demand for butter and margarine ebbed and flowed alongside federal rules and penalizing taxes on margarine, the popularity of each ebbed and flowed too.
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Fernando — January 18, I wish I had a more thoughtful comment to make than just saying "that was very interesting". Kat — January 18, Very very interesting. My info comes from Micheal Pollan's book "In defense of food". Kat — January 18, Some more cool stuff: An overview of all margarine colouring laws in place in Europe in the s : The Margarine Industry of Europe Random tidbit from the article: Southern Germans preferred their margarine undyed and Northern Germany wanted it dyed Margarine in Australia Margarine could not be sold coloured until the s.
Kookaburra — January 18, I am reminded of the scene in Little House in the Big Woods I think where Ma added some shredded carrots to the butter to make it yellower. Sociological Images Update Mar. Blix — September 22, They dye cheese as well.
Cocojams Jambalayah — September 22, Surely there's more "weighty" things going on in US society and other societies than a discussion of "the politics of yellow: butter vs margarine". PG — September 22, I can't stop looking at the illustration of the woman and the Pliofilm.
Margarine [ Ian Cummings — September 27, Rule of thumb: If it isn't made out of food then it isn't food. Mantequilla vs. Whatever 9. White Margarine Chamblee54 — December 14, […] became more popular. Gillian — February 24, Time for a new mobile responsive website? Special offer right now: We'll design a FREE makeover of your home page and send it to you so you can view it online. Then, if you like it, we'll customize your new website with the features you want.
Get our friendly FREE consultation and ultra fast service. Check our promo pricing online. A study in Norway found that trans fat in margarine are associated with an increased risk of lung, colon, rectum, breast, endometrium and prostate cancers. A study with 25, women participating also found links between trans fat and breast cancer. Similarly, a study looking at women breastfeeding found that those with diets high in trans fat pass that on in their breast milk, lowering the quality; that trans fat does increase inflammation particularly in the arteries and a study shows that trans fat can lead to insulin resistance.
Debunking a similar claim, Utah State University took on this question, finding: "On a chemical level, both butter and margarine are made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen molecules. Plastic does not have the oxygen molecules, only long chains of carbon and hydrogen. In reality, butter and margarine are much closer in chemical structure than plastic is to either of them. Or, as Encyclopedia.
Since everything is made of molecules, the molecular structure of certain things may look similar. It is not true that margarine was invented to fatten turkeys and kill them. It is true that trans fats do present a number of the health concerns stated in the post. But the post fails to take into context that not all margarines are created equal and some have considerably fewer trans fats now.
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