Semi-solid oily spread often used as a butter substitute
Margarine
Margarine in a tub
Alternative names
Marge, oleo, oleomargarine
Type
Spread
Place of origin
France
Created by
Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès
Main ingredients
Vegetable oils
Media: Margarine
Margarine (/ˈmɑːrdʒəriːn/, also UK: /ˈmɑːrɡə-,ˌmɑːrɡəˈriːn,ˌmɑːrdʒə-/, US: /ˈmɑːrdʒərɪn/ⓘ)[1] is a spread used for flavoring, baking, and cooking. It is most often used as a substitute for butter. Although originally made from animal fats, most margarine consumed today is made from vegetable oil. The spread was originally named oleomargarine from Latin for oleum (olive oil) and Greek margarite ("pearl", indicating luster). The name was later shortened to margarine.[2]
Margarine consists of a water-in-fat emulsion, with tiny droplets of water dispersed uniformly throughout a fat phase in a stable solid form.[3] While butter is made by concentrating the butterfat of milk through agitation, modern margarine is made through a more intensive processing of refined vegetable oil and water.
Per federal regulation, margarine must have a minimum fat content of 80 percent (with a maximum of 16% water) to be labeled as such in the United States,[4] although the term is used informally to describe vegetable-oil-based spreads with lower fat content.[4][5] In Britain, Australia and New Zealand, it can be referred to colloquially as marge.[6]
Margarine can be used as an ingredient in other food products, such as pastries, doughnuts, cakes, and cookies.[7]
^Wells, John (3 April 2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
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^ ab"Margarine, Part 166: Subpart B, Requirements for Specific Standardized Margarine". Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Subchapter B, Food for Human Consumption, US Food and Drug Administration. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
^Matthew Boyle (31 January 2014). "Unilever Adds Butter to Margarine as the Foods' Fortunes Reverse". Businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015. Although margarine was originally made primarily from beef fat, the products most people call margarine today are spreads
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^Ian P. Freeman (2005). "Margarines and Shortenings". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/14356007.a16_145. ISBN 3527306730.
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