Is butter better than spreads?

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Just getting up to speed on butter v low fat spreads. We've always bought the latter (usually Flora extra-light) on the basis that it's healthier and fortified with Omega 3 and 6 but now wondering if butter is a better option on the basis that it contains a better type of fat. DS only has a thin scrapping on toast but still. What's the issue with low fat spreads?

They taste like shit! I love butter me.

I don't really trust anything that isn't "real" food, so I go with butter.

real butter is best for you

although the British heart foundation disagree with me....

Butter is better for your health marg is better for your lovehandles.

I would always have butter over any chemically-altered oil. In limited quantities of course but still.

FLora = con-artists, imo.

We have olive spread on toast
Butter in baking and jacket pots

I always used olive oil spread till I watched a programme recently where some chap got all the ingedients and tried to make his own. I was nearly sick and now go along with CheerfulYank on the 'real food only' stance.

Rockbird I think I watched the same programme as you.

He made butter as well - iirc he just shook milk about tremendously and voila, butter.

The list of ingredients for margarine was long and vile.

I would never eat marg, after a childhood of Stork as a butter substitute. It tastes disgusting. Just use butter, it is far nicer and at least is ,ade out of things you have actually heard of and can pronounce.

Real butter, as all of the above.

Just don't eat the whole packet at once!

And butter/lard mix for pastry.

Real butter just taste so nice.

If the ingredients of food look like a GCSE chemistry paper then it is best avoided.

There's Omega 3 in butter too and too much Omega 6 is bad for you.

That was the one GOML. Yes, milk in a jar and shake till your arms drop off vs 470 chemicals and a bunsen burner