Dairy spreads

Kim_kim · 16 February 2022 at 11:54PM

After watching a programme about margarine not rotting because of the plastic content I usually buy butter.

But it’s difficult to spead thin even when it’s not hard. I’m trying to cut calories, so I’d like to spead it thinner.

Are any of the spreadable butters just butter with added oil to make them spread? That I can handle, but I don’t want to eat plastics!

I’ve tried the softer spread butters M&S used to do one & Kerrygold. To be honest they weren’t very spreadable at all.

What’s clover? Is that butter & oil or is it plastic.

MalMonroe · 17 February 2022 at 12:36AM

Just google 'clover spread ingredients' and you can see exactly what is in Clover. No plastics that I can see. And manufacturers have to, by law, put everything that's in their products on packaging.

You can also google 'best spreadable butters' or something like that.

I don't like some spreads because they contain palm oil and production of that is ruining the rain forests and animal habitats.

There's always something undesirable in most processed things we eat.

My family has used Lurpak spreadable for years. We like it even though it's not proper butter. It needs to be taken out of the fridge about thirty minutes before spreading on bread but for anything else it's fine straight from the fridge.

However, you might be interested in the article in this link -

https://pesacheck.org/false-margarine-is-not-similar-to-plastic-and-does-not-share-27-ingredients-with-paint-d29771ac504e

Another way to reduce the fat content in your diet is to cut out butter or spread altogether. Just make sandwiches without - you won't even notice. Subway, one of the biggest sandwich sellers, doesn't use butter. And burgers don't have butter on either.

Kim_kim · 17 February 2022 at 1:24AM

MalMonroe said:

Just google 'clover spread ingredients' and you can see exactly what is in Clover. No plastics that I can see. And manufacturers have to, by law, put everything that's in their products on packaging.

You can also google 'best spreadable butters' or something like that.

I don't like some spreads because they contain palm oil and production of that is ruining the rain forests and animal habitats.

There's always something undesirable in most processed things we eat.

My family has used Lurpak spreadable for years. We like it even though it's not proper butter. It needs to be taken out of the fridge about thirty minutes before spreading on bread but for anything else it's fine straight from the fridge.

However, you might be interested in the article in this link -

https://pesacheck.org/false-margarine-is-not-similar-to-plastic-and-does-not-share-27-ingredients-with-paint-d29771ac504e

Another way to reduce the fat content in your diet is to cut out butter or spread altogether. Just make sandwiches without - you won't even notice. Subway, one of the biggest sandwich sellers, doesn't use butter. And burgers don't have butter on either.

I was asking for peoples recommendations for high quality dairy spreads.

Emmia · 17 February 2022 at 1:43AM

We used buy either lurpack spreadable or the president spreadable - not sure if either of those are just butter and oil though.

Currently we buy president unsalted butter, which I find fairly spreadable straight from the fridge... alternatively have you considered not refrigerating your butter, but using a china butter box/butter dish in the cupboard instead? Your butter will then be soft enough to spread thinly...

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Kim_kim · 17 February 2022 at 1:44AM

Emmia said:

We used buy either lurpack spreadable or the president spreadable - not sure if either of those are just butter and oil though.

Currently we buy president unsalted butter, which i find fairly spreadable straight from the fridge... alternatively have you considered not refrigerating your butter, but using a china butter box in the cupboard instead?

I don’t put it in the fridge, but I don’t know if it’s because I like butter or because it doesn’t spread like spread, but I put too much on!!

Emmia · 17 February 2022 at 1:52AM

Kim_kim said:

Emmia said:

We used buy either lurpack spreadable or the president spreadable - not sure if either of those are just butter and oil though.

Currently we buy president unsalted butter, which i find fairly spreadable straight from the fridge... alternatively have you considered not refrigerating your butter, but using a china butter box in the cupboard instead?

I don’t put it in the fridge, but I don’t know if it’s because I like butter or because it doesn’t spread like spread, but I put too much on!!

How much butter are you using?! If you like butter and find it hard to restrain yourself - perhaps not buttering or using spread is the way forward?

jon81uk · 17 February 2022 at 10:20AM

I'm not aware of any margerine containing plastic.

But I've always liked Clover as a dairy-based spread. That is buttermilk and oil.
Clover ingredients: Vegetable Oils in varying proportions (Sustainable Palm, Rapeseed), Buttermilk (20%), Water, Salt, Natural Flavouring, Colour (Carotenes)

I sometimes buy Utterly Butterly as it is cheaper, but that does contain a few extra ingrediants.
Utterly Butterly ingredients: Water, Vegetable Oils in varying proportions (Rapeseed, Sustainable Palm, Sunflower), Buttermilk, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Emulsifiers - E471, Sunflower Lecithin, Preservative - Potassium Sorbate, Acid - Lactic Acid, Colours - Annatto Bixin, Curcumin, Flavouring

Or if you want actual butter that is spreadable go for something like Lurpack, that is pretty much just butter and oil.
Lurpack spreadable ingrediants: Butter (64%) (Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Lactic Culture (Milk), Salt

Whalie · 17 February 2022 at 1:02PM

I like Aldi and Lidl's version of Lurpak. They do a reduced fat version which in most things you cannot tell the difference from the full fat one. Its quite a saving cost wise than buying the Lurpak brand.