• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    margarine is absolutely fine

    It’s hydrogenated cooking oil; trans-fats. It is absolutely not good to eat regularly.

    That said, I do appreciate it for it’s long shelf life and availability when better foods are expensive or unavailable.

    • Floey@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      Margarine these days is mostly a mix of either palm or coconut oil with something like soybean or canola oil. I wouldn’t be surprised if butter had more naturally occurring trans fats.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 months ago

      this is outright misinformation, the swedish food safety department specifically says that modern margarine has basically no trans fats whatsoever.

    • ElmarsonTheThird@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 months ago

      The Wikipedia article linked on top states that most margarine has moved to lower trans-fats since the turn of the century. It’s probably at least as healthy as butter, if not moreso.