Is the Mystery 'Spreadable' Sold in Supermarkets Butter or Not? | Food Unwrapped

Supermarkets are full of generically named 'spreadable' products, but are they butter or margarine? Matt Tebbutt heads to a factory where they make the stuff to find out.

Food Unwrapped Season 6 Episode 16

Our team of intrepid presenters (Jimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton, Matt Tebbutt, Helen Lawal, Andi Oliver, Amanda Byram and Briony May Williams) travel the world uncovering unusual, intriguing and surprising secrets behind the food we eat.

[TebzGo]

The Kiwis have Mainland brand butter that is spreadable straight from the fridge. No added oils. Apparently, it's churned a bit more than normal to allow it it's spreadable properties

[tvted]

Butter. Never ever eat that junk margarine.

[Katalowins]

First. I love this YouTube channel, and really that guy should be called a shortening sculptor.

[justathought...]

Spreadable butter is butter kept at room temperature in a closed clay/glass tray. This is centuries old hack. If you want to live long, happy and healthy I suggest avoiding margarine at all costs, i.e cook your own food, so you know what goes into what you eat. Lard is also excellent as suggested by others here. Stay healthy people!! 👍☀️🤸😄

[jessicag]

1:40 That thing is called shortening in the place where I live. What is called as margarine here is way softer than that at room temperature and it is more delicious than shortening. The taste is somehow more neutral than butter and it is a good and common option for baking here.

[ftswarbill]

Margarine is grease. If you like eating grease then margarine is for you.

[johncgibson]

This channel needs to tell people to click "Like" straight. I forgot to click "Like" so many times and come back to click it.

[Pacheenee]

"edible butter sculpture" like you're just going to eat butter...



(Paula deen peeks around corner)

[Moona]

You can make your own spreadable butter at home, instead of buying at the shops. Then you know *exactly* what's going into it.

[SPMSPM]

Why not just look at the list of ingredients on the pack in the first place?

[chrisoconnor]

Nice job parking in front of a handicap spot 🤣

[asivutastic]

why does this look like they shot this during the early 2000s?

[jdkgcp]

So does England have Margarine that's like half milk? Here's it's 100% vegetable shortening oils.

[HowieMarshall]

They always feature such clueless people in the opening segments. Most of these questions are incredibly simple to answer. Who are these 'experts'? For this question, you can literally just read the ingredients on the package... Is it butter, margarine, or butter with added ingredients? 🙄

[lhdhdeebdhdh]

I saw a guest on JRE lay charts showing the increase in cancer rates since the 50’s until today over charts of vegetable oil consumption over the same period. They increase at almost a 1 to 1 ratio. It’s obvious vegetable oils are a contributing factor to our increasing cancer rates.

[billyt.]

Margarine contains hydrogenated oils which is another word for trans fats. I quit eating Earth Balance and Country Crock, and only use olive oil, real butter, or another healthy oil.

[mimimonster]

I love it … “‘Margarine is synthetic ….” Which is probably why you can sculpt with it and it never goes bad. Why again are we EATING IT???