Margarine is a blend of fats and oils, including vegetable oil. The content varies from stick to stick. I'm not sure if there is any actual "butter" in it.
check out http://www.margarine.org/ >From: markjohn� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Margarine - silly business regulations >Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 15:36:20 -0800 > >Sorry for my ignorance but what's really the fuss over butter and >margarine? Is butter made from better milk or something? > >At 09:47 AM 4/1/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >>Almost from the time it was invented margarine came under attack from >>butter manufacturers and farmers. In the late 1880s there were even >>laws requiring margarine to be colored pink - but these were overturned >>by the Supreme Court. Bans on yellow margarine, however, were upheld. >>There were also Federal and state taxes that varied by the color of the >>margarine! This is what accounted for the packets to allow >>home-coloring. The Federal government didn't get out of regulating >>margine extensively until sometime around 1950. The last state to >>repeal restrictions on margin (in 1967) was ...... you guessed >>it!....Wisconsin. >> >>Alex >>-- >>Dr. Alexander Tabarrok >>Vice President and Director of Research >>The Independent Institute >>100 Swan Way >>Oakland, CA, 94621-1428 >>Tel. 510-632-1366, FAX: 510-568-6040 >>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>--- >>Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >>Version: 6.0.295 / Virus Database: 159 - Release Date: 11/1/2001 > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.295 / Virus Database: 159 - Release Date: 11/1/2001 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
