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The best breadspreads: margarine gets a makeover.


We've come a long way since shoppers had a choice one kind of butter or one kind of margarine margarine, manufactured substitute for butter. It consists of a blend of vegetable oils or meat fats (or a combination of both) mixed with milk and salt. It was developed in the late 1860s by the French chemist Hippolyte Mège-Mouries in a contest sponsored by . And it's been a while since margarine went from better than butter (less saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be ) to worse (more trans fat trans fat  
n.
1. A trans fatty acid.

2. Trans fatty acids considered as a group.



trans fat  

A fat containing trans fatty acids.
) to better (with some exceptions, much of the trans is gone).

But now the options have mushroomed: Stick, tub, squeeze, or spray? Full-fat, light, or fat-free? With or without trans, olive oil olive oil, pale yellow to greenish oil obtained from the pulp of olives by separating the liquids from solids. Olive oil was used in the ancient world for lighting, in the preparation of food, and as an anointing oil for both ritual and cosmetic purposes. , flaxseed oil Noun 1. flaxseed oil - a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
linseed oil

linoleic acid, linolic acid - a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition;
, canola oil Noun 1. canola oil - vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids
canola

vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
, yogurt yogurt: see fermented milk.
yogurt

Semisolid, fermented, often flavoured milk food. Yogurt is known and consumed in almost all parts of the world.
, plant sterols sterols (ster´ôlz),
n.pl steroids having one or more hydroxyl groups and no carbonyl or carboxyl groups (e.g., cholesterol).
, or vitamins?

Here's a guide to help you get through the spreads case without having to make a detour through the aspirin aspirin, acetyl derivative of salicylic acid (see salicylate) that is used to lower fever, relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and thin the blood. Common conditions treated with aspirin include headache, muscle and joint pain, and the inflammation caused by rheumatic  aisle.

If you've been buying the same spread for a year or more, we've got news for you. The selection of (mostly) tubs filled with creamy cream·y  
adj. cream·i·er, cream·i·est
Rich in or resembling cream.



creami·ly adv.
, rich-tasting spreads and little or no bad fat (saturated plus trans) has ballooned.

We found some two dozen Best Bites--that means no more than one gram of harmful fat per tablespoon ta·ble·spoon
n.
Abbr. T, tbsp. A measure of about 3 teaspoons or 15 milliliters.



tablespoon

a household unit of volume or capacity; equivalent to three teaspoons or approximately 15 milliliters; in metric
. And companies have cut more than the damaging fat. By adding more water to their oil, many "light" spreads pack just 40 or 50 calories in each tablespoon.

Honorable Mentions (no more than 1 1/2 grams of bad fat) are typically higher-calorie cousins of the "lights." They have more fat and less added water, which makes them better for cooking.

Nevertheless, many stick margarines continue to pump too much trans fat into the nation's arteries. Trans is created when companies make liquid oils more solid by partially hydrogenating them. Some companies avoid trans by hardening hardening, in metallurgy, treatment of metals to increase their resistance to penetration. A metal is harder when it has small grains, which result when the metal is cooled rapidly.  their soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been  or canola oil with a small amount of fully hydrogenated oil, which is trans-free (only partially hydrogenated oils have trans). Others substitute small amounts of saturated fats like palm oil, which are also trans-free.

One caution: the U.S. government has decided that foods with less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving can list trans as zero on their Nutrition Facts labels The nutrition facts label (also known as the nutrition information panel, and various other slight variations) is a label required on most pre-packaged foods in North America, United Kingdom and other countries. . So if you eat two tablespoons of a "trans-free" spread that contains partially hydrogenated oil, you could get close to 1 gram of trans, which isn't trivial. Bottom line: keep it to one shmear shmear  
n. Slang
Variant of schmeer.

Noun 1. shmear - (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together; "he bought the whole schmeer"
schmear, schmeer
. The information for this article was compiled by Danielle Weinberg, with help from Heather Jones Heather Jones (born October 8, 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Women's Team. .

Mediterranean Margarine?

"Olive oil is an essential part of the Mediterranean diet Mediterranean diet Nutrition A diet that differs by country, characterized by ↑ consumption of olive oil, complex carbohydrates, vegetables, ↓ red meat. See Diet, Mediterranean diet pyramid. Cf Affluent diet.  a diet that helps people live longer and healthier lives," says the top of the Olivio Made with Olive Oil tub.

Olivio is delicious, and it's a Best Bite. (Look for it in the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Florida, and Michigan.) But olive oil it ain't. In fact, olive oil is the third--and last--oil in the spread's "vegetable oil blend." So if olive oil leads to longer and healthier lives (the answer isn't clear), Olivio won't get you there.

Ditto for Fleischmann's Made with Olive Oil, which has just enough olive oil (added to its soybean oil Soy´bean oil   

n. 1. an oil obtained from the soybean (Glycine max), rich in protein, fats, sterols, and phospholipids, used as a food and in paints and varnishes and in various industrial applications; -
) to give it a robust olive-y flavor and just enough buttermilk buttermilk

residual fluid after removal of fat from milk in butter manufacture; a protein-rich supplement fed to pigs.
 to produce its "Light Buttery Taste."

Bottom line: either spread will please your palate palate (păl`ĭt), roof of the mouth. The front part, known as the hard palate, formed by the upper maxillary bones and the palatine bones, separates the mouth from the nasal cavity.  and arteries, even if the olive oil is scarce.

Cultured Crock crock - [American scatologism "crock of shit"] 1. An awkward feature or programming technique that ought to be made cleaner. For example, using small integers to represent error codes without the program interpreting them to the user (as in, for example, Unix "make(1)", which

"Deliciously creamy Brummel & Brown is blended with the goodness of yogurt," says the label. If you're expecting yogurt's active cultures, protein, calcium, or vitamins, forget it. The delightfully tart and creamy spread is only 10 percent yogurt, which works out to about a third of a teaspoon tea·spoon
n.
Abbr. tsp., tsp A measure of about 1 fluid dram or 5 milliliters.



teaspoon

a household unit of volume or capacity approximately equal to 5 milliliters.
 in every tablespoon.

Country Crock Plus Yogurt, with 25 percent yogurt, is as tasty tast·y  
adj. tast·i·er, tast·i·est
1. Having a pleasing flavor; savory.

2. Having or showing good taste; tasteful.



tast
 and a bit more tart. Bonus: with yogurt (and water) crowding out some of the oil, each spread comes at the bargain price of around 50 calories per tablespoon.

A Better Butter

If only butter will do, Land O'Lakes
This article is about the growers cooperative; for the Florida town, see Land O' Lakes, Florida, for the Wisconsin town, see Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin.
Land O'Lakes
 Light Butter with Canola Oil is the only tub in

Few people can afford the 7 grams of saturated fat (and 100 calories) in every tablespoon of ordinary butter. But Land O'Lakes, an Honorable Mention, blends its butter with water and canola oil, which slashes the sat fat to 2 grams (butter has no trans fat). And the water (that's why it's "light") brings the calories down to 50.

Yet it tastes like ordinary butter. (Just keep in mind that, like any light spread, the added water means you can't cook with it.)

Best Bite spreads like I Can't Believe It's Not Butter This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article.  (Light or with Calcium) and Move Over Butter cut the sat fat to 1 gram. They're not quite butter, but for many taste buds taste buds taste nplGeschmacksknospen pl , they're close enough.

Go Crisco

If you've ever made a pie crust crust

Outermost solid part of the Earth, essentially composed of a range of igneous and metamorphic rock types. In continental regions, the crust is made up chiefly of granitic rock, whereas the composition of the ocean floor corresponds mainly to that of basalt and gabbro.
, you know that tub spreads or light sticks just won't do. A crust needs a more-solid (that means saturated or trans) fat to stay light and flaky flaky - (Or "flakey") Subject to frequent lossage. This use is of course related to the common slang use of the word to describe a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable. .

The best crust maker with the least amount of bad fat: Crisco 0 Grams Trans Fat Shortening. Its 3 grams of saturated fat per tablespoon are too much for an Honorable Mention, but for bakers it's a real find. It beats other Criscos, which have 4 1/2 to 5 grams of harmful fat.

Smart Balance Shortening (4 1/2 grams of sat fat and no trans) is made with a "Patented Blend to Help Improve The Good To Bad Cholesterol bad cholesterol LDL-cholesterol Cardiovascular disease Cholesterol transported in the circulation by low-density lipoprotein, the elevation of which is directly related to the risk of CAD and cholesterol-related morbidity See LDL-cholesterol. Cf Good cholesterol.  Ratio." But that improvement only showed up in studies in which people got nearly all of their fat from Smart Balance.

In the real world, we get much of our fat from meat, poultry, cheese, pastries, and dozens of other saturated fats. What we need is a lesssaturated fat to balance those foods.

You could also try Promise spread. It's the trans-free stick that's lowest in sat fat--2 1/2 grams per tablespoon. (Promise took the trans out of all of its spreads several years ago.) But your crust may not end up quite as flaky as one made with shortenings like Crisco or Smart Balance.

Heartfelt heart·felt  
adj.
Deeply or sincerely felt; earnest.


heartfelt
Adjective

sincerely and strongly felt: heartfelt thanks

Adj. 1.
 Promises

Promise Light "helps maintain a healthy heart when substituted for butter or margarine as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol," says the label. That sounds impressive ... unless you know that the government requires no evidence for claims that use the words "helps maintain."

Do the added vitamins B-6 and B-12 "help maintain cardiovascular health"? It's too early to say. Does the added vitamin E vitamin E
 or tocopherol

Fat-soluble organic compound found principally in certain plant oils and leaves of green vegetables. Vitamin E acts as an antioxidant in body tissues and may prolong life by slowing oxidative destruction of membranes.
 "help protect cells and tissues including t heart"? Maybe, maybe not.

And what about Promise's omega-3 fat? Each tablespoon contains 250 milligrams of alpha-linolenic acid Noun 1. alpha-linolenic acid - a polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms; the only omega-3 fatty acid found in vegetable products; it is most abundant in canola oil; a fatty acid essential for nutrition , or ALA, an omega-3 that comes from the spread's canola canola

see brassicanapus.
 and other oils. It's not clear whether ALA helps ward off heart attacks from irregular heartbeats as well as EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid.

EPA
abbr.
eicosapentaenoic acid


EPA,
n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic.

EPA,
n.
 and DHA--the omega-3s in fish oil--appear to.

Every tablespoon of Promise Light also has 2,000 mg of omega-6 fat (mostly from the spread's soybean oil). Do omega-6 fats and ALA "help maintain cholesterol levels already within the normal range," as the label boasts? A spread made with any unsaturated unsaturated /un·sat·u·rat·ed/ (un-sach´ur-at?ed)
1. not holding all of a solute which can be held in solution by the solvent.

2. denoting compounds in which two or more atoms are united by double or triple bonds.
 oil--like soybean, corn, canola, or safflower--would do that.

Promise Light is a fine-tasting Best Bite. Just don't confuse con·fuse  
v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es

v.tr.
1.
a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off.

b.
 it with Benecol and Take Control, which are made with plant sterols that are proven to lower cholesterol. Both have a mild, sweet-cream flavor, and the "light" versions deliver just 50 calories per tablespoon.

Spray Savvy Savvy® Gynecology A contraceptive vaginal gel that ↓ transmission of STDs–eg, HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea. See Contraceptive.

"For Fat-Free Cooking," says PAM's label. All no-stick cooking sprays Cooking spray is a spray form of various types of oils, combined with lecithin, an emulsifier, and a propellent such as food-grade alcohol, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide or propane. Cooking spray is applied to frying pans and other cookware to prevent food from sticking.  are Best Bites because each serving delivers so little oil (typically soybean, canola, or olive). But "fat-free" may be exaggerating ex·ag·ger·ate  
v. ex·ag·ger·at·ed, ex·ag·ger·at·ing, ex·ag·ger·ates

v.tr.
1. To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate:
 a bit.

Labels list calories and fat as zero because the serving is just a 1/4-second or 1/3-second spray. (PAM, for example, assumes that you spray a 10-inch pan for just one second, and that the pan holds 3 or 4 servings of food.)

Our chart gives numbers for a one-second spray--1 gram of fat and 7 calories (which we rounded to 10). That way, you can easily adjust them up or down. If your mind wanders and you spray for, say, 6 seconds, you end up with about 40 calories and a teaspoon of fat. That's still not much, but it's not zero either.

In contrast, a refrigerated re·frig·er·ate  
tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates
1. To cool or chill (a substance).

2. To preserve (food) by chilling.
 spray like Parkay, which comes in a plastic pump bottle rather than an aerosol aerosol (âr`əsōl,–sŏl): see colloid.
aerosol

System of tiny liquid or solid particles evenly distributed in a finely divided state through a gas, usually air.
 can, is essentially fat-free. Its first ingredient is water, followed by soybean oil and buttermilk. Give it five good sprays and you're not even up to 5 calories.

You can't bake with Parkay, but on toast, a cob of corn, some asparagus asparagus, perennial garden vegetable (Asparagus officinalis) of the family Liliaceae (lily family), native to the E Mediterranean area and now naturalized over much of the world.  spears, or other veggies Veggies of Nottingham, also known as Veggies Catering Campaign, is a campaigning group based in Nottingham, England, promoting ethicalbum alternatives to mainstream fast food. , it's a smash.

Spread the Word.
Best Bites have no more than 1 gram of bad fat (saturated-plus-trans)
per tablespoon. Honorable Mentions have up to 1 1/2 grams. Honorable
Mentions for butter have no more than 2 grams of sat fat per
tablespoon (butter has no trans fat). Within each section, products
are ranked from least to most saturated-plus-trans fat, then trans fat,
sat fat, and calories.

                                           Total     Saturated
                                   Calo-   Fat       Fat
        Tubs & Squeezes (1 Tbs.)   ries    (grams)   (grams)

[check] I Can't Believe It's        10     0         0
[check]
[check] Not Butter Fat Free
[check]
[check] Promise Fat Free            10     0         0
[check]
[check] Smart Beat Smart Squeeze    10     0         0
[check]
[check] Smart Beat'                 20     2         0
[check]
[check] Fleischmann's Light         40     5         0
[check]
[check] Benecol Light               50     5         0.5
[check]
[check] Take Control Light          50     5         0.5
[check]
[check] Spectrum Naturals           80     10        0.5
[check]
[check] Blue Bonnet Light           40     5         1
[check]
[check] Country Crock Plus          40     4         1
[check] Yogurt
[check] Brummel & Brown Made        50     5         1
[check] With Yogurt
[check] Country Crock-Light or      50     5         1
[check] Plus Calcium& Vitamins
        (2)
[check] I Can't Believe It's Not    50     5         1
[check] Butter-Light or with
        Calcium (2)
[check] Move Over Butter            50     6         1
[check]
[check] Parkay--Calcium or          50     5         1
[check] Light (2)
[check] Promise Light               50     5         1
[check]
[check] Blue Bonnet Homestyle       60     7         1
[check]
[check] Country Crock Whipped       60     7         1
[check] Easy Squeeze
[check] I Can't Believe It's Not    60     7         1
[check] Butter Squeeze
[check] Benecol                     70     8         1
[check]
[check] Olivio Made with Olive      80     8         1
[check] Oil
[check] Spectrum Naturals           80     10        1
[check] Essentials Omega-3
[check] Take Control                80     8         1
[check]
[check] Smart Balance-Light or      50     5         1.5
        Light with Flax Oil (2)
[check] Country Crock               70     7         1.5
[check] Fleischmann's Made with     70     8         1.5
        Olive Oil-tub or
        squeeze (2)
[check] Fleischmann's Original      70     8         1.5
[check] Parkay Original-tub or      70     8         1.5
        squeeze (2)
[check] Promise                     80     8         1.5
[check] Canola Harvest-regular     100     11        1.5
        or with Calcium (2)
        I Can't Believe It's Not    80     9         2
        Butter
        Canoleo Soft               100     11        2
        Willow Run                 100     11        2
        Country Crock Churn         60     7         1.5
        Style
        Imperial                    60     7         1.5
        Earth Balance Organic       80     9         2.5
        Whipped
        Smart Balance-Omega Plus    80     9         2.5
        or Organic Whipped (2)
        Smart Balance-regular or    80     9         2.5
        with Flax Oil (2)
        Earth Balance Buttery      100     11        3
        Natucol
        Land O'Lakes               100     11        3
        Land O'Lakes Fresh          80      8        1.5
        Buttery Taste
        Earth Balance-regular or   100     11        3.5
        Soy Garden (2)
        Canoleo 100% Canola        100     11        2
        Land O'Lakes Country       100     11        2.5
        Morning Blend
        Fleischmann's Soft          60     7         1
        Whipped *

        Sticks (1 Tbs.)

        Promise                     90     10        2.5
        I Can't Believe It's Not    50     6         1
        Butter Light
        Country Crock-Spreadable    80     8         1.5
        or Churn Style (2)
        Land O'Lakes Fresh          90     10        2
        Buttery Taste
        Earth Balance              100     11        4.5
        Buttery
        Imperial                    80     9         2
        I Can't Believe It's        90     10        2
        Not Butter
        Land O'Lakes               100     11        2
        Land O'Lakes Country       100     11        2.5
        Morning Blend
        Willow Run                 100     11        2
        Blue Bonnet Light *         50     5         1
        Fleischmann's Light *       50     5         1
        Parkay Light *              50     5         1
        Blue Bonnet *               80     9         2
        Parkay Original *           90     10        2
        Fleischmann's Original *   100     11        2

        Butter (1 Tbs.- tub,
        unless noted)
[check] Land O'Lakes Light          50     5         2
        Butter with Canola Oil
        Land O'Lakes Whipped        50     5         3
        Light Butter
        Land O'Lakes Light          50     6         3.5
        Butter, stick
        Land O'Lakes Whipped        50     6         3.5
        Butter
        Land O'Lakes Spreadable    100     11        4.5
        Butter with Canola Oil
        Land O'Lakes Soft Baking   100     11        5
        Butter with Canola Oil,
        stick
        Butter, any brand, stick   100     12        7
        Land O'Lakes Ultra         110     12        8
        Creamy Butter, stick

        Sprays

[check] I Cant Believe It's Not      0     0         0
[check] Butter, Parkay, or other
        refrigerated pump sprays
        (5 sprays)
[check] PAM, Crisco, or other       10     1         0
[check] aerosol cooking sprays
        (1 second spray)

        Shortening (1 Tbs.)

        Crisco 0 Grams Trans Fat   110     12        3
        Crisco--regular or         110     12        3
        Butter Flavor (2)
        Earth Balance              120     13        5
        (refrigerated) or Smart
        Balance (2)
        Lard, any brand            120     13        5
        Spectrum Naturals          110     13        6

                                   Trans
                                   Fat       Sat + Trans
        Tubs & Squeezes (1 Tbs.)   (grams)   Fat (grams)

[check] I Can't Believe It's       0         0
[check]
[check] Not Butter Fat Free
[check]
[check] Promise Fat Free           0         0
[check]
[check] Smart Beat Smart Squeeze   0         0
[check]
[check] Smart Beat'                0         0
[check]
[check] Fleischmann's Light        0         0
[check]
[check] Benecol Light              0         0.5
[check]
[check] Take Control Light         0         0.5
[check]
[check] Spectrum Naturals          0         0.5
[check]
[check] Blue Bonnet Light          0         1
[check]
[check] Country Crock Plus         0         1
[check] Yogurt
[check] Brummel & Brown Made       0         1
[check] With Yogurt
[check] Country Crock-Light or     0         1
[check] Plus Calcium& Vitamins
        (2)
[check] I Can't Believe It's Not   0         1
[check] Butter-Light or with
        Calcium (2)
[check] Move Over Butter           0         1
[check]
[check] Parkay--Calcium or         0         1
[check] Light (2)
[check] Promise Light              0         1
[check]
[check] Blue Bonnet Homestyle      0         1
[check]
[check] Country Crock Whipped      0         1
[check] Easy Squeeze
[check] I Can't Believe It's Not   0         1
[check] Butter Squeeze
[check] Benecol                    0         1
[check]
[check] Olivio Made with Olive     0         1
[check] Oil
[check] Spectrum Naturals          0         1
[check] Essentials Omega-3
[check] Take Control               0         1
[check]
[check] Smart Balance-Light or     0         1.5
        Light with Flax Oil (2)
[check] Country Crock              0         1.5
[check] Fleischmann's Made with    0         1.5
        Olive Oil-tub or
        squeeze (2)
[check] Fleischmann's Original     0         1.5
[check] Parkay Original-tub or     0         1.5
        squeeze (2)
[check] Promise                    0         1.5
[check] Canola Harvest-regular     0         1.5
        or with Calcium (2)
        I Can't Believe It's Not   0         2
        Butter
        Canoleo Soft               0         2
        Willow Run                 0         2
        Country Crock Churn        0.5       2
        Style
        Imperial                   0.5       2
        Earth Balance Organic      0         2.5
        Whipped
        Smart Balance-Omega Plus   0         2.5
        or Organic Whipped (2)
        Smart Balance-regular or   0         2.5
        with Flax Oil (2)
        Earth Balance Buttery      0         3
        Natucol
        Land O'Lakes               0         3
        Land O'Lakes Fresh         1.5       3
        Buttery Taste
        Earth Balance-regular or   0         3.5
        Soy Garden (2)
        Canoleo 100% Canola        2         4
        Land O'Lakes Country       2         4.5
        Morning Blend
        Fleischmann's Soft         n/a       n/a
        Whipped *

        Sticks (1 Tbs.)

        Promise                    0         2.5
        I Can't Believe It's Not   1.5       2.5
        Butter Light
        Country Crock-Spreadable   2         3.5
        or Churn Style (2)
        Land O'Lakes Fresh         2         4
        Buttery Taste
        Earth Balance              0         4.5
        Buttery
        Imperial                   2.5       4.5
        I Can't Believe It's       2.5       4.5
        Not Butter
        Land O'Lakes               2.5       4.5
        Land O'Lakes Country       2.5       5
        Morning Blend
        Willow Run                 3         5
        Blue Bonnet Light *        n/a       n/a
        Fleischmann's Light *      n/a       n/a
        Parkay Light *             n/a       n/a
        Blue Bonnet *              n/a       n/a
        Parkay Original *          n/a       n/a
        Fleischmann's Original *   n/a       n/a

        Butter (1 Tbs.- tub,
        unless noted)
[check] Land O'Lakes Light         0         2
        Butter with Canola Oil
        Land O'Lakes Whipped       0         3
        Light Butter
        Land O'Lakes Light         0         3.5
        Butter, stick
        Land O'Lakes Whipped       0         3.5
        Butter
        Land O'Lakes Spreadable    0         4.5
        Butter with Canola Oil
        Land O'Lakes Soft Baking   0         5
        Butter with Canola Oil,
        stick
        Butter, any brand, stick   0         7
        Land O'Lakes Ultra         0         8
        Creamy Butter, stick

        Sprays

[check] I Cant Believe It's Not    0         0
[check] Butter, Parkay, or other
        refrigerated pump sprays
        (5 sprays)
[check] PAM, Crisco, or other      0         0
[check] aerosol cooking sprays
        (1 second spray)

        Shortening (1 Tbs.)

        Crisco 0 Grams Trans Fat   0         3
        Crisco--regular or         1.5       4.5
        Butter Flavor (2)
        Earth Balance              0         5
        (refrigerated) or Smart
        Balance (2)
        Lard, any brand            0         5
        Spectrum Naturals          0         6

[check] [check] Best Bite. [check] Honorable Mention. (1) Average of
all varieties. (2) Average of the varieties listed. n/a Number not
available. * Company didn't disclose trans fat number; product listed
at end of section.

Daily Limits (for a 2,000-calorie diet): Total fat: 65 grams. Saturated
+ trans fat: 20 grams.

Sources: manufacturers and U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Elisabet McGahey (Member): The best bread spreads: margarine gets a makeover 11/3/2007 1:17 PM
I know how much fat (or how little rather) PARKAY SPRAY fat free, has in it. But how much SODIUM does it have?<br><br>I have trouble finding an answer to this question<br><br>Thank you<br><br>Elisabet McGahey Clinton Ms 39056<br>gmargueritaville@comcast.net
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Roger Johnson (Member):  11/27/2007 2:59 AM
Where in San Diego, preferabley the north eastern part, can I oftain nonfat or 2% fat margarine. I have IBS and am intolerant to fat. I have moved from Thousand Oaks to San Diego, and can not understand why Thousand Oaks has a number of supermarkets carry smart beat and/or promise fat free, but so far I have none in San Diego. I would appreciate it if you would pass some of the names of the supermarkets and cities that they are located in that stock these articles. Roger W. Johnson

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Title Annotation:BRAND-NAME RATING
Author:Liebman, Bonnie
Publication:Nutrition Action Healthletter
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jan 1, 2006
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