For its Original Spread, the margarine's marketers praise it for having “70% less saturated fat than butter.” That's true, but each 1-tablespoon serving of “I Can't Believe It's Not Butter” still contains 2 grams of artery-damaging saturated fat.

Margarine is a lasting impact of diet culture's fear of fats, Sharp says. It's not necessarily healthier for you, even if you really “can't believe it's not butter.” “When we created margarine, we created trans fats, so a lot of the original stick margarines contain trans fats,” Sharp says.

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Ingredients. Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Sweet Cream Buttermilk, Xanthan Gum, Soy Lecithin, Polysorbate 60, Lactic Acid, Potassium Sorbate And Calcium Disodium EDTA (Used To Protect Quality), Natural And Artificial Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate Beta Carotene (Color).

Although butter is high in calories and fat, it contains a variety of important nutrients as well. For example, it's a good source of vitamin A, a fat-soluble vitamin needed for skin health, immune function, and healthy vision ( 2 ).

Margarines, though, aren't so easy to classify. The older stick margarines turned out to be clearly worse for you than butter. Some of the newer margarines that are low in saturated fat, high in unsaturated fat, and free of trans fats are fine as long as you don't use too much (they are still rich in calories).

The animal fats in butter means it has higher levels of saturated and trans fats. These fats can lead to higher cholesterol, greater chance of heart disease, and lower levels of HDL cholesterol - the "good" cholesterol that unclogs arteries.

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! is a brand of a spreadable emulsion of vegetable oil in water with butter flavor produced by Upfield and marketed as a substitute for butter. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!

What is Butter? Butter is a dairy product made by churning either fresh fermented cream or milk. It consists of butterfat, milk proteins, and water.

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! is a brand of a spreadable emulsion of vegetable oil in water with butter flavor produced by Upfield and marketed as a substitute for butter. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!

Some benefits of butter: Rich in Vitamin A, necessary for thyroid and adrenal health. Contains lauric acid, important in treating fungal infections and candida. Contains lecithin, essential for cholesterol metabolism. Contains anti-oxidants that protect against free radical damage.

Original Spread is certified as a heart-healthy food by the American Heart Association® and has 70% less saturated fat and 40% fewer calories per serving than dairy butter.

Pros: Margarine is much lower in saturated fat than butter, and it is made from vegetable oils, so it contains no cholesterol. Cons: Although it is lower in saturated fat, stick margarine still contains about the same amount of total fat and calories as butter.

Butter contains vitamin D, a nutrient that is vital for bone growth and development. It also has calcium, which is essential for bone strength. Calcium also helps prevent diseases such as osteoporosis, a condition that makes bones weak and fragile.

Fatty foods are often more flavorful because many flavors dissolve in fats. Butter works very well as a flavor carrier for spices, vanilla and other fat soluble ingredients. When you sauté an onion in butter before adding the base ingredients, all the flavor from the onions will be carried by the butter into the dish.

Butter is the dairy product made from churning milk or cream. The churning process separates the butterfat (the solids) from the buttermilk (the liquid). The butter we most often buy is made from cow's milk, although other varieties - made from the milk of sheep, goat, yak, or buffalo - are also available.