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Margarine (/ ˈ m ɑːr dʒ ə r iː n /, also UK: / ˈ m ɑːr ɡ ə-, ˌ m ɑːr ɡ ə ˈ r iː n, ˌ m ɑːr dʒ ə-/, US: / ˈ m ɑːr dʒ ə r ɪ n / ⓘ) [1] is a spread used for flavoring, baking, and cooking. It is most often used as a substitute for butter.
Mège-Mouriès made very little profit from the invention of oleomargarine, which never became popular in France. Jurgens and van den Bergh created a substantial export industry, selling margarine to England and other countries, as did a number of smaller competitors. In the 1880s there were at least 70 margarine factories in the Netherlands.
Parkay ad, 1942. Parkay is a margarine made by ConAgra Foods and introduced in 1937. It is available in spreadable, sprayable, and squeezable forms. Parkay was made and sold under the Kraft brand name by National Dairy Products Corporation from 1937 to 1969, then Kraftco Corporation from 1969 to 1976, Kraft, Inc. from 1976 to 1990, Kraft General Foods, Inc. from 1990 to 1995, Nabisco Brands ...
Margarine used to contain harmful trans fats in the form of partially hydrogenated oils, which are made through a manufacturing process that turns liquid oils into solid fats.
Oleomargarine was invented by a French chemist in 1869, which uses a variety of soluble and insoluble ingredients, which quickly became an alternative to butter. Oleomargarine or margarine manufacturing plants which used beef fat and lard as main ingredients were established as an inexpensive alternative to butter manufacture, which ...
The development of Chiffon margarine was one result. The Chiffon name and product line has changed hands several times since; the first being in 1985, when Chiffon was sold to Kraft Foods . The Kraft U.S. and Canada tablespreads division subsequently became part of Nabisco in 1995; [ 6 ] who then sold the brand to ConAgra Foods in 1998. [ 7 ]
Flora Food Group B.V. is a Dutch food company owning multiple brands of margarine, food spreads, and plant-based foods, including Flora and Blue Band.It states that it is the largest plant-based consumer packaged goods company in the world, operating in 95 countries.
In the United Kingdom, whale oil was used in toolmaking machinery as a high-quality lubricant. [28] After the invention of hydrogenation in the early 20th century, whale oil was used to make margarine, [10] a practice that has since been discontinued. Whale oil in margarine has been replaced by vegetable oil. [29] Whale oil was used to make soap.