Food Face-Off: Butter vs. Margarine
© McNeil Consumer Healthcare, division of Johnson & Johnson Inc. 2010
Not every food comparison is as easy as apples and oranges. The knack for knowing which foods will be best for your family doesn’t always come naturally. Do you know which is healthier – butter or margarine?
The spreadable, edible flavour of butter and margarine make them must-get items on family grocery lists. But the claims of benefits and risks for both butter and margarine have gone from positive to negative and back again so many times, it’s easy to get whipped up into a frenzy of confusion. While some recipes call for one or the other, which will you choose to coat your breakfast toast or to give the savoury sizzle to your grilled cheese sandwich?
