MARGARINE

Margarine

Margarine is a spread used for spreading, baking, and cooking. It was originally created as a substitute for butter in 1869 in France by Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès. Margarine is made mainly of hydrogenated or refined plant oils and water. While butter is made from fat from milk, margarine is made from plant oils and may also contain milk. In some locales it is colloquially referred to as "oleo", short for oleomargarine.

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margarine

Noun

  1. A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.


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