Guest guest Posted September 16, 2006 Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 Hi, I would like to recommend a spread I bought recently, Earth Balance Whipped Buttery Spread. It's organic and 100% vegan. It comes in a green and white container (like cottage cheese). To me, it tastes exactly like butter: I've used it on toast, baked potatoes, etc. and melted it for popcorn. It has 80 cal. per Tablespoon (I believe butter has 100 per teaspoon). It says it cooks like butter, but I haven't tried it yet in baking. Coleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2006 Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 Hi Coleen and All, This is a great one! I've used it several times when baking pumpkin bread and it has worked wonderfully. :-) Warm regards, Chris Coleen wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to recommend a spread I bought recently, Earth Balance > Whipped Buttery Spread. It's organic and 100% vegan. It comes in a > green and white container (like cottage cheese). To me, it tastes > exactly like butter: I've used it on toast, baked potatoes, etc. and > melted it for popcorn. It has 80 cal. per Tablespoon (I believe > butter has 100 per teaspoon). It says it cooks like butter, but I > haven't tried it yet in baking. > > Coleen > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2006 Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 Hi - Can I add my applause to yours re the vegan 'butter' Earth Balance - esp. the organic one (the one in the yellow and something else container is non-organic, but also great :=) For almost a year we were unable to find it :=( but a few weeks ago I ran across it in a shop I hadn't been in before and <big cheeky grin> and life is back to normal/great! Best love, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2006 Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 Here is an interesting caution I read recently about some of the margarines that are supposed to be good for you. Earth Balance Whipped Buttery Spread may not be one of these but it is an eye opener about how regulation allow claim of healthiness (sp?) to be made. A word of caution about plant sterol-enriched margarines Plant sterol-enriched margarines, such as Benecol, contain trans fats despite their claim to be trans fat-free. This misleading claim can legally be made because under the new 2006 regulations that demand the disclosure of trans fats, the FDA allows manufacturers to round to zero any ingredients that account for less than 0.5 grams per serving. ********************************************************************************\ *************************** The new legislation also permits manufacturers to say " zero trans fats " on the label if a serving size contains a half gram or less of trans fatty acids. Benecol's ingredients include partially hydrogenated oil, which cannot be manufactured without creating trans fatty acids, and this margarine actually contains 0.5 grams of trans fats per 1 ½ teaspoon serving. ********************************************************************************\ *************************** Recommendations for this product, which is endorsed by many mainstream organizations, are to use it " liberally " . If you used Benecol on bread, vegetables, rice, potatoes, fish, etc., you could easily use more than 2 teaspoons at each meal and would be consuming 2 grams of trans fats daily from Benecol alone. To put this in perspective, a July 2002 report from the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Science declared that the upper limit for trans-fats in the diet should be zero. The consumption of 2-3 grams a day of trans fats increases the risk of coronary heart disease by 21%. For those who would prefer to get their plant sterols from whole foods, these compounds are present naturally, although in smaller amounts than in sterol-enriched margarines, in all plant foods. The highest concentrations of plant sterols are found in unrefined vegetable oils, nuts, seeds, legumes, and whole grains. In 2000, the FDA authorized a health claim describing the relationship between dietary intake of plant sterols and reduced risk of heart disease. That health claim states that " Foods containing at least 0.65 grams per serving of plant sterol esters, eaten twice a day with meals for a daily total intake of at least 1.3 grams, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease. " As the table below shows, a healthy way of eating featuring daily selections from the whole foods listed below can easily deliver 1.3 grams of cardio-protective plant sterols. This came from http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?pfriendly=1 & tname=asknutr & dbid=103 There is a lot of good information on health eating at www.whfoods.org and I have been using that as well as a couple of other sites on healthy eating to get my bloor pressure down without drugs. Jane Wall - " Coleen " <cece4184 Saturday, September 16, 2006 3:43 PM Vegan " Butter " > Hi, > > I would like to recommend a spread I bought recently, Earth Balance > Whipped Buttery Spread. It's organic and 100% vegan. It comes in a > green and white container (like cottage cheese). To me, it tastes > exactly like butter: I've used it on toast, baked potatoes, etc. and > melted it for popcorn. It has 80 cal. per Tablespoon (I believe > butter has 100 per teaspoon). It says it cooks like butter, but I > haven't tried it yet in baking. > > Coleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 I appreciate what you are saying - thanks for the information about another product, Benecol (not Earth Balance btw) :=) Nevertheless, the Earth Balance (which is not Benecol) buttery spread mentioned is organic and is also vegan - not an easy thing for some of us to find. Admittedly, one wouldn't/ shouldn't start slathering it on veggies, bread, etc. - this IS a LOW-FRAT group, after all! - and I would think that none of us use it very much at all. I do not bake with it myself, although I understand that it works in baking :=), nor do I cook with it - I prefer to use olive oil when I use any fat at all - and my bread is generally without any spread that is fatty. Sometimes, however, a half tsp of buttery spread on bread is delightful, for a change. Say once a week or maybe even twice, given enough of a dare-devil feeling LOL It would be a pity if people felt that they might as well turn back to butter, wouldn't it. Interesting article. Just shows that you can't trust labelling <sigh>. Thanks a bunch. Best love, Pat :=) , " Jane Wall " <jane wrote: > > Here is an interesting caution I read recently about some of the margarines > that are supposed to be good for you. > Earth Balance Whipped Buttery Spread may not be one of these but it is an > eye opener about how regulation allow claim of healthiness (sp?) to be made. > A word of caution about plant sterol-enriched margarines > > Plant sterol-enriched margarines, such as Benecol, contain trans fats > despite their claim to be trans fat-free. This misleading claim can legally > be made because under the new 2006 regulations that demand the disclosure of > trans fats, the FDA allows manufacturers to round to zero any ingredients > that account for less than 0.5 grams per serving. > > ********************************************************************************\ *********** **************** > > The new legislation also permits manufacturers to say " zero trans fats " on > the label if a serving size contains a half gram or less of trans fatty > acids. Benecol's ingredients include partially hydrogenated oil, which > cannot be manufactured without creating trans fatty acids, and this > margarine actually contains 0.5 grams of trans fats per 1 ½ teaspoon > serving. > > ********************************************************************************\ *********** **************** > > Recommendations for this product, which is endorsed by many mainstream > organizations, are to use it " liberally " . If you used Benecol on bread, > vegetables, rice, potatoes, fish, etc., you could easily use more than 2 > teaspoons at each meal and would be consuming 2 grams of trans fats daily > from Benecol alone. To put this in perspective, a July 2002 report from the > Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Science declared that the > upper limit for trans-fats in the diet should be zero. The consumption of > 2-3 grams a day of trans fats increases the risk of coronary heart disease > by 21%. > > For those who would prefer to get their plant sterols from whole foods, > these compounds are present naturally, although in smaller amounts than in > sterol-enriched margarines, in all plant foods. The highest concentrations > of plant sterols are found in unrefined vegetable oils, nuts, seeds, > legumes, and whole grains. > > In 2000, the FDA authorized a health claim describing the relationship > between dietary intake of plant sterols and reduced risk of heart disease. > That health claim states that " Foods containing at least 0.65 grams per > serving of plant sterol esters, eaten twice a day with meals for a daily > total intake of at least 1.3 grams, as part of a diet low in saturated fat > and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease. " As the table below > shows, a healthy way of eating featuring daily selections from the whole > foods listed below can easily deliver 1.3 grams of cardio-protective plant > sterols. > > > This came from > http://www.whfoods.org/genpage.php?pfriendly=1 & tname=asknutr & dbid=103 > > There is a lot of good information on health eating at www.whfoods.org and I > have been using that as well as a couple of other sites on healthy eating to > get my bloor pressure down without drugs. > > > > Jane Wall > > > - > " Coleen " <cece4184 > > Saturday, September 16, 2006 3:43 PM > Vegan " Butter " > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to recommend a spread I bought recently, Earth Balance > > Whipped Buttery Spread. It's organic and 100% vegan. It comes in a > > green and white container (like cottage cheese). To me, it tastes > > exactly like butter: I've used it on toast, baked potatoes, etc. and > > melted it for popcorn. It has 80 cal. per Tablespoon (I believe > > butter has 100 per teaspoon). It says it cooks like butter, but I > > haven't tried it yet in baking. > > > > Coleen > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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