Earth Balance Natural Buttery Spread
By: Fabgrandma
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Earth Balance Natural Buttery Spread
My husband and I have been butter eaters for years, but we have been thinking lately that we want to eat a little healthier than in the past. He has never liked butter substitute products, including margarine, so I was a little afraid when I received several coupons for free samples of products from Earth Balance that he wouldn’t eat it. He agreed to give it a try though.
Earth Balance is made by the same people who make Smart Balance. While I haven’t tried either brand, I have seen Smart Balance products in grocery stores. Here in rural Alabama, I had to search around to find Earth Balance. I did find it at the Publix in Tuscaloosa, but only the Earth Balance Natural Buttery Spread Original. The 15 oz container cost $3.49.
The first taste of Earth Balance Natural Buttery Spread Original was a spread on a slice of gluten free bread. Both my husband and I were surprised that it really did taste like butter. He asked for a second slice of bread, which was a great compliment to this product.
The second taste test was in some scrambled eggs I made for breakfast. I was wondering if the product would hold up to the heat of cooking. Some margarines I have used in the past became watery in the skillet when I tried cooking with them, which is one of the reasons I don’t like using them. This product didn’t separate out and get watery in cooking, and I was happy with that. The finished product tasted just like they had been cooked in butter. This morning, we used it on our pancakes.
Earth Balance Natural Buttery Spread Original is gluten free, lactose free, vegan, non-GMO and has 100 calories per tablespoon. I was happy to see on their website that they also make a soy free version, as I am trying to eliminate as much soy from our diet as possible.
Ingredients: Certified Non-GMO) Expeller –pressed natural oil blend (soybean, palm fruit, canola, and olive), filtered water, pure salt, natural flavor (derived from corn, no msg, no alcohol, no gluten), soy protein, soy lecithin, lactic acid (non-dairy, derived from sugar beets), and naturally extracted annatto for color.
In addition to the Original and Soy Free Buttery Spread, Earth Balance also makes shortening, peanut butter, and almond butter. For more information, check out their website.
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January 3, 2010 Filed under Food & Beverage
Sounds yummy to me!! Your review definatly makes me curious to try it. We eat a lot of butter in our house but I buy the real thing so lots of fat!! hehe
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Glad you liked it. Must have been pretty good to fool your other half.
Extra Virgin oil is the best. i do not recommend using Smart Balance products, those are highly processed food. Of course, they claim this and that healthy and all that stuff.
Read between the lines, they use a food preservative called TBHQ.
TBHQ is the acronym used to describe tertiary butylhydroquinone, which is an antioxidant that comes from petroleum and is related to butane. It is often used as a preservative, applied either to the carton of fast food items or sprayed directly onto them, as well as in various other prepackaged food items
Consuming up to a gram of TBHQ can cause variable toxicity, and up to 5 grams can be fatal.
In toxicity studies, long-term, high-dose TBHQ administration in lab animals showed a tendency for them to develop cancerous precursors in the stomach, as well as causing DNA damage.
There has been some anecdotal evidence that TBHQ can cause anxiety, restlessness, and aggravation of ADHD symptoms for children.
To sum up, it is a highly processed fat with a lot of chemicals. Just stay away.
This has been a staple in my house for some time now. Since I have to eat gluten free, and it tastes pretty good, it was my best choice. For cooking i still use olive oil spray, but for my toast its earth balance all the way.
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If you want to add antioxidants to your diet, there is a product called Exfuze, its a daily suppliment in the form of a tasty juice. They make it from the 7 most nutrient packed fruits known by science, asside from being a great source of antioxidants, and vitamins, it has coutless other benfits