Best butter substitute?

[Moyer]

Anyone know what's best? I usually just go without or use olive oil, but there are some things that just aren't the same w/out a little butter. I've heard smart balance is good but I know very little about it. Is there really a healthy substitute that tastes as good as butter?

[oldfart]

Anyone know what's best? I usually just go without or use olive oil, but there are some things that just aren't the same w/out a little butter. I've heard smart balance is good but I know very little about it. Is there really a healthy substitute that tastes as good as butter?

Tastes as good as butter? I think you're asking for a little too much.

I use Country Crock Lite. If you get the tiny little tub, it actually states on it "0 trans fat". But the bigger version of the same stuff doesn't say that. ????????

Anyway, I think it tastes great.

[Lean One]

Just use butter. There's no replacement for it. If everything else is in check, It's not a big deal. Some saturated fat in the diet is a good thing.

[jkaz182003]

the grocery store sells some spray butter. 0 grams of fat, 0 calories, i think its 0 sodium also. let me look at it tonight and see what the name on it is. i'll let you know tomorrow

[kwyckemynd00]

Just use butter. There's no replacement for it. If everything else is in check, It's not a big deal. Some saturated fat in the diet is a good thing.

Like how much is a little?

I LOVE butter

[Grassroots082]

has anyone tried this brand "Smart Balance". The front states "No trans fatty acids...naturally!" and there is a green banner stating "Patented blend to help balance cholesterol" Here is some more info on it...

~5:8:1 ratio of Omega-6 to Omega 3
~Omega-3: 400mg/per serving | Omega 6: 2300mg/per serving
~67% natural vegetable oils

"The natural oil blend used in this buttery spread is based on Brandois University's cholesterol research and U.S. Patients.

Here is their website. http://www.smartbalance.com/
Anyone heard of this brand? Tastes just like butter

[Lean One]

the grocery store sells some spray butter. 0 grams of fat, 0 calories, i think its 0 sodium also. let me look at it tonight and see what the name on it is. i'll let you know tomorrow

Sounds great in theory, but check the serving size (spray for 1/8 of a sec) and then tell me what you can do with that.Who does that?? The law states that as long as the fat content per serving is less than a gram they can say it's fat free.

[natedogg]

has anyone tried this brand "Smart Balance". The front states "No trans fatty acids...naturally!" and there is a green banner stating "Patented blend to help balance cholesterol" Here is some more info on it...

~5:8:1 ratio of Omega-6 to Omega 3
~Omega-3: 400mg/per serving | Omega 6: 2300mg/per serving
~67% natural vegetable oils

"The natural oil blend used in this buttery spread is based on Brandois University's cholesterol research and U.S. Patients.

Here is their website. http://www.smartbalance.com/
Anyone heard of this brand? Tastes just like butter

That **** is expensive though. I use an olive oil based spread from fleichmans that has no trans fats, is low in saturated fat, and tastes really good. Pretty inexpensive as well.

[Aeternitatis]

Just eat your butter. It's good for you. As long as you aren't overdoing it, butter is the best solid-at-room-temp oil source you can have (well, coconut oil is good too).

[scott72]

The spray butter rocks. I've used it for year and its tastes exactly like butter and no cals whatsoever. Its cheap too, a bottle is a couple bucks and last for weeks.

[Lean One]

Sounds great in theory, but check the serving size (spray for 1/8 of a sec) and then tell me what you can do with that.Who does that?? The law states that as long as the fat content is less than a gram they can say it's fat free.

Scott... Go pick up your bottle of spray butter and read what the serving size is. Then tell me if you actually use that when you eat it. Next read the ingredients. (various forms of oil no doubt, with butter flavor.) Oil is fat fat contains calories.

[wimpy]

i can't belive it's not butter spray is the ****. 0 cals. taste more like butter than butter.

[UNDERTAKER]

olivo---its a butter sub.....made from olive oil, izzz goooood

[scott72]

Scott... Go pick up your bottle of spray butter and read what the serving size is. Then tell me if you actually use that when you eat it. Next read the ingredients. (various forms of oil no doubt, with butter flavor.) Oil is fat fat contains calories.

I understand oil contains fat and cals but how can they say its calorie free if there's oil in it? I'll check out a bottle when I get home. I doubt its sat fat tho like in real butter right?

[Lean One]

Sounds great in theory, but check the serving size (spray for 1/8 of a sec) and then tell me what you can do with that.Who does that?? The law states that as long as the fat content per serving is less than a gram they can say it's fat free.

That's why.

Hey, while you're checking out the bottle, do us all a favor and post the serving size and list the ingredients (you can limit it to the oils.) You are correct in that it probably doesn't contain trans fats or sat fat, but god knows what else is in it. I'd rather just eat butter. It's less ****ed around with.

[wimpy]

5 sprays for the "i can't believe" is a serving. first two ingrediants -water, soybean oil. even if it is .99 of a gram of fat, i can live with an extra 2 fat grams a day. you don't have to use very much at all.

[Lean One]

5 sprays for the "i can't believe" is a serving. first two ingrediants -water, soybean oil. even if it is .99 of a gram of fat, i can live with an extra 2 fat grams a day. you don't have to use very much at all.

Mmmmm.... Soy.....

[scott72]

Ok I've got a bottle of Parkay fat free butter spray and it contains the following:

water,soybean oil,buttermilk,salt,soy lecithin, and polyglycerol esters of fatty acids are the main ingredients in that order.

Serving size for one spray is .2g's. 5 sprays = 1 g. Only think listed is for sodium and its 5 mg otherwise everything else says zero.

I dont know much about soy oil but I'm sure its not a sat or trans fat. I'll take it over sat fat butter anytime tho.

[natedogg]

You guys are getting way too technical with this butter thing.

[BodyWizard]

you got that right!

Butter is good (in moderation)
the Fleischman's olive-oil-based substitute is good, too, IIRC
I think Land o' Lakes has one, too.

That's enough for me.