MARGARINE is artificial butter. Can be made from vegetable oil or animal oil. It could also contain skimmed milk, variety, and emulsifiers. Margarine contains less fat than butter, and margarine are widely used as a substitute for butter. There is also margarine "low-calorie " that contain less fat.
Margarine lot packed into the few packaging consistency. Margarine contains at least 80% fat from total weight. The remainder (approximately 17-18%) consists of skim milk derivatives, water, or liquid soy protein. And the remainder (1-3%) is a salt that is added as a flavor, although there are some margarine products do not include salt in the label for health reasons.
Margarine different from butter. Butter comes from animal fats, while margarine from plant fats. While the butter, which in Portuguese is manteiga aka butter comes from cream (milk). Usually it implies only the cream and salt (for salted butter). Because the basic ingredients at room temperature disimpin will melt. So should be stored in the refrigerator.
Butter is made from animal fats typically contain more saturated fat / saturated fats (66%) compared with unsaturated fat / unsaturated fats (34%). Saturated fats are usually associated with high levels of cholesterol in the body.
(Koran SI / SI Newspapers / nsa)
