• fayoh@sopuli.xyz
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    5 months ago

    Recently I have been seeing “vegan butter” in the store. How this is not margarine eludes me. But my vegan friend assures me it’s completely different.

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      5 months ago

      I can’t explain it either, but it really is different. I can only assume they improved the hydrolysis process or added plant-based fats that are solid at room temperature (palm oil or coconut oil).

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        5 months ago

        It seems here in sweden none of it gets to call itself anything other than margarine, but the stuff i buy (which behaves the same as butter-based stuff) seems to have about 20% coconut/shea fat.

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          Then I might be lying. Was all convinced I saw it at ICA, but can’t find anything online now 🤔

          Unless they imported something under the radar maybe it was the “plant b+tter” I was thinking about.

          My colleague was quite adamant that it was vegan butter he had used for the cookies he brought.