Country Crock is a food brand owned by Upfield. It originally sold spreads such as margarine (and cheese for a limited time), but later extended to side dishes, particularly mashed potatoes and pasta, made by Hormel under license. The original Shedd's brand was a product of Shedd-Bartush Foods based in Detroit.

Ingredients. Purified Water, Soybean Oil, Palm Kernel And Palm Oil, Salt, Lecithin (Soy), Vinegar, Natural Flavors, Vitamin A Palmitate, Beta Carotene (Color).

Johnson County, Kansas We've been slow-churning our spreads in Johnson County, Kansas for over 30 years. We couldn't be more proud to call this little piece of the American heartland home - and we're proud to bring the country into your home, too.

Country Crock® is a spread made with oils from plants, whereas butter is made with milk or cream from cows. Country Crock® has less saturated fat per serving than dairy butter, but still has a delicious buttery taste. Country Crock® products also tend to be softer out of the fridge for easy spreading.

Love Country Crock Light It was a big family favorite and still is to this day! I always choose the light version for health reasons and just because it is light it does not taste much different than the regular. Country Crock is so easy to spread and melts fast.

Are Country Crock® products okay for vegan diets? Country Crock® Plant Butter is suitable for vegan diets. Upfield defines “vegan” as food products that are made with no animal-derived ingredients.

Tastes just like dairy butter. It has a good texture, soft and spreadable. This olive oil butter is much better than the land o lakes olive oil butter which is hard and impossible to spread on hot toast. It only has plant ingredients, so great for vegetarians.

Khosrova traces butter's beginning back to ancient Africa, in 8000 B.C., when a herder making a journey with a sheepskin container of milk strapped to the back of one of his sheep found that the warm sheep's milk, jostled in travel, had curdled into something remarkably tasty.

Make your table legendary with Country Crock® Original Spread. It's great for spreading, topping, cooking or just about anything. Carefully crafted with simple ingredients you can recognize and pronounce, Country Crock adds a country fresh taste to your dishes with no artificial flavors or preservatives.

Country Crock® is a spread made with oils from plants, whereas butter is made with milk or cream from cows. Country Crock® has less saturated fat per serving than dairy butter, but still has a delicious buttery taste. Country Crock® products also tend to be softer out of the fridge for easy spreading.

Overall, plant-based butters generally provide healthier types of fats. However, as they shouldn't be a primary source of calories in your diet, choosing plant-based over regular butter alone is unlikely to significantly affect your health.

Neither needs to be “softened” to room temperature before using like dairy butter sometimes does. Neither vegan butter tastes like dairy butter. Earth Balance tastes neutral (similar to margarine), while Miyoko's has rich, slightly tangy flavor.