While many assume that butter and margarine are practically the same, there are some key differences between the two that can dramatically affect your food.

When it comes to choosing between butter or margarine, it can be difficult to know which is better for our health. On the one hand, butter contains saturated fats, which we are told to limit ...

Stick margarine, also known as block or hard margarine, has the same texture as butter, and is therefore a better substitute for baking and cooking than tub margarine. However, stick margarines ...

Margarine's name derives from the Greek word for pearls, margarite, since margaric acid resembled milky, pearl-like drops. Margarine was naturally white in color, so manufacturers added yellow dye to ...

When margarine reached the US in the 1870s, American farmers were unenthusiastic, to say the least. The dairy industry successfully lobbied for the creation of the federal Margarine Act in 1886, which ...

Margarine's fortunes seem to be taking another sad turn, with the owner of Country Crock and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter looking for someone to take the brands off its hands.

Margarine thrives on adversity, and its origins are rooted in it. Margaret Visser’s Much Depends on Dinner provides a first-rate account of the circumstances leading to its invention. In 1869, a ...

"Margarine is one molecule away from plastic." This is by far one of the more popular myths. Simply put: This is not true. Many substances share similar chemical structures or compositions, but it's ...

Eating margarine instead of butter may not be good for you after all, scientists have warned. For the past 50 years, we have been advised to reduce our intake of saturated animal fats, and eat ...

Margarine's name derives from the Greek word for pearls, margarite, since margaric acid resembled milky, pearl-like drops. Margarine was naturally white in color, so manufacturers added yellow dye to ...