Written by Catherine Saxelby
on Monday, 22 April 2013.
Tagged: butter, cholesterol, fat, health, healthy eating, healthy heart, margarine, oil
It all depends on your health profile.
These days, virtually all the margarines/spreads in Australia are now free of trans fats (less than 1 per cent), a situation different to the USA and UK. This move has happened in response to research showing that trans fats (or TFAs) behave in the body in a similar way to saturated fats and raise cholesterol.
The only exceptions are a few of the cheaper or generic margarines which you would recognise as hard margarines with the spreadability of butter. Avoid these ones and go for the softer types and you'll be fairly sure of not buying hydrogenated fats.
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