On Apr 2, 4:50*pm, George M. Middius > wrote:
> Bryan wrote:
> > The first two ingredients
> > are soybean oil, the cheapest garbage oil there is
>
> Why do you say it's garbage? (Note to sqwishy: This is not a troll.)

It's cheap, not particularly healthful--being low in oleic and high in
the Omega 6 linoleic acids--and tastes bad. Soy, corn and cottonseed
oils are all cheap and crappy. There are margarines that use more
healthful oils. Canola is excellent heath-wise, though I don't much
like its taste. So is high-oleic safflower oil. For adding
viscosity, the more expensive coconut, palm *kernel*, or even fully
hydrogenated oils are far better than palm oil, but they're more
expensive. Smart Balance takes the cheap route, and they ****ing
lie. They claim that palm fruit oil is more healthful than palm
kernel oil, which is utter bullshit.

A fine margarine would be one that was based on refined olive (to
remove the taste) and coconut oils. If a person is going to forego
the deliciousness of butter, why use a substitute that is only
slightly more healthful at best, and might actually be worse because
of its high Omega 6 content?

--Bryan