Posted by nessa23 on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since Aug 2007 · 3 posts
Can anyone please suggest some good vegan margarines. Also has anyone heard of verve margarine? Is it vegan? Thanks
Posted by Meggs on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since Jun 2007 · 3572 posts
Earth Balance and Earth Balance Soy.
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Posted by JessaCita on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since Nov 2006 · 1808 posts
I use Earth Balance. It's amazing! The only bad thing is that is doesn't spread AT ALL straight from the fridge, so sometimes it needs to be softened a bit on the countertop or in the microwave.
I like Earth Balance Whipped (in the green container) better for spreading on bread, etc. And regular Earth balance (in the yellow container) for baking & cooking. It works so well! Much healthier than old cow-derived butter, too! :)
Also, Earth Balance makes a wonderful non-hydrogenated vegan shortening if you ever need that for baking or anything!
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Posted by ddiana1979 on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since Jul 2007 · 12 posts
Earth Balance is available at many HFS and even some "regular" supermarkets.
Vegan, non-hydrogenated, no trans fats. Tasty too!
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Posted by jenniferhughes on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since Aug 2006 · 1828 posts
smart balence light is vegan and very spreadable.
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Posted by hiimkelsi on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since Sep 2004 · 2297 posts
smart balence light is vegan and very spreadable.
i was gonna suggest this one as well. its a lot easier to find in almost any grocery store and tastes great!! make sure to get the "light" thats the only vegan kind.
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Posted by laurabs on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since Jul 2006 · 2610 posts
yeah - I've been wondering about vegan margarine. I haven't seen smart balance light in the past few days, I've been looking for it. I was just at my HFS this afternoon and they didn't have it - I think they were out of stock of a bunch of things today though. I need something light for cooking and baking...
man, it's so frustrating that EVERY kind of margarine has whey, or something else, in it. are animal ingredients really that necessary? jeez...
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Posted by jenniferhughes on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since Aug 2006 · 1828 posts
smart balence light is vegan and very spreadable.
i was gonna suggest this one as well. its a lot easier to find in almost any grocery store and tastes great!! make sure to get the "light" thats the only vegan kind.
I thought you were referring to Earth Balance at first, and you made me panic for a moment! :P I've never bought Smart Balance, but it appears that every Earth Balance type of margarine is 100% vegan! :)
Smart Balance LIGHT ;) and earth balance and smart balance are the same company BTW
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Posted by propinecone on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since May 2007 · 2842 posts
i use soy garden - it's made by the earth balance company. good & buttery tasting.. but not as salty as regular butter.
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Posted by Tkitty96 on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since May 2006 · 1789 posts
Earth Balance. But I can only find it at the HFS, so I'll also use Smart Balance Light or Blue Bonnet Light, depending on what the grocery store bothers to have available.
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Posted by Anonymous on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since Dec 1969 · 11789 posts
Posted by nessa23 on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since Aug 2007 · 3 posts
Has anyone heard of verve margarine?
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Posted by EarthGuard on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since May 2007 · 80 posts
Earth Balance - I love it spread on matzo :)
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Posted by hoodedclawjen on Aug 09, 2007 · Member since Dec 2005 · 152 posts
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Can anyone please suggest some good vegan margarines. Also has anyone heard of verve margarine? Is it vegan? Thanks
i'm pretty sure that i've seen verve margarine in the fortinos grocery store near me (in canada). i'm 99% sure that thats what i saw, and if so, its not vegan- i recall it having whey, and fish derivatives in it.
if that is the case, you might be stuck with earth balance... i say stuck... but it really is the most delicious stuff i've ever tasted- like butter, but better.
are you in canada? if so, i know that earth balance is available in eastern canada- i've seen it in both ontario, and newbrunswick, in healthfood stores, and even in a sobeys once!
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Posted by Anonymous on Aug 10, 2007 · Member since Dec 1969 · 11789 posts
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Can anyone please suggest some good vegan margarines. Also has anyone heard of verve margarine? Is it vegan? Thanks
i'm pretty sure that i've seen verve margarine in the fortinos grocery store near me (in canada). i'm 99% sure that thats what i saw, and if so, its not vegan- i recall it having whey, and fish derivatives in it.
if that is the case, you might be stuck with earth balance... i say stuck... but it really is the most delicious stuff i've ever tasted- like butter, but better.
are you in canada? if so, i know that earth balance is available in eastern canada- i've seen it in both ontario, and newbrunswick, in healthfood stores, and even in a sobeys once!
I'd never heard of verve, so I thought I'd look it up. It looks like the omega 3s are from flax oil, so it likely doesn't have fish derivatives in it; I don't know about whey, though, since I couldn't find an ingredients list. However, here's their website if you want to contact the company about its vegan-ness:
Posted by hoodedclawjen on Aug 10, 2007 · Member since Dec 2005 · 152 posts
i think it was D3 fortification that put the fish idea in my brain. i tend to scan ingredients and go 'dairy, fish, egg' and remember that, instead of exactly what is was that wasn't vegan, when i check stuff out (i know d3 isn't neccesarily fish based though- could be sheeps wool, or synthetic in origin).
if i pop into fortinos again in the near future i'll check it out though.
i think its such a pain when stores and sites online don't list product ingredients. it drives me mental.
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Posted by laurabs on Aug 10, 2007 · Member since Jul 2006 · 2610 posts
I remember seeing verve in a grocery store and checking out the label. I think it has whey, but don't hold me to that - I might be remembering wrong.
I found a margarine made from rice (Galaxy foods I think) but it has whey or casein in it! What's the point of rice margarine with whey? crazy manufacturers...
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Posted by Tkitty96 on Aug 10, 2007 · Member since May 2006 · 1789 posts
I remember seeing verve in a grocery store and checking out the label. I think it has whey, but don't hold me to that - I might be remembering wrong.
I found a margarine made from rice (Galaxy foods I think) but it has whey or casein in it! What's the point of rice margarine with whey? crazy manufacturers...
Huh?
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Posted by hoodedclawjen on Aug 10, 2007 · Member since Dec 2005 · 152 posts
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I found a margarine made from rice (Galaxy foods I think) but it has whey or casein in it! What's the point of rice margarine with whey? crazy manufacturers...
those products (there are loads like that, including lots of soya cheeses) are designed for lactose intollerant people.
the manufacturers could expend their consumer base by making it vegan friendly... but their return consumers might drop- because the casein serves a purpose by improving consistancy and making the cheese more melty.
non-melty cheese with a weird consistancy just doesn't sell as well, i guess- and the lactose intollerant folks outnumber the vegan folks.
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Posted by healthymomma on Aug 10, 2007 · Member since May 2006 · 627 posts
blue bonnet light
Vitamin D is animal derived in this.
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Posted by hoodedclawjen on Aug 11, 2007 · Member since Dec 2005 · 152 posts
went to fortinos today.
took digital photo of verve margarine ingredients label like a right proper weirdo. :D
Earth Balance and Earth Balance Soy.
I use Earth Balance. It's amazing! The only bad thing is that is doesn't spread AT ALL straight from the fridge, so sometimes it needs to be softened a bit on the countertop or in the microwave.
I like Earth Balance Whipped (in the green container) better for spreading on bread, etc. And regular Earth balance (in the yellow container) for baking & cooking. It works so well! Much healthier than old cow-derived butter, too! :)
Also, Earth Balance makes a wonderful non-hydrogenated vegan shortening if you ever need that for baking or anything!
Earth Balance is available at many HFS and even some "regular" supermarkets.
www.earthbalance.net/
Vegan, non-hydrogenated, no trans fats. Tasty too!
smart balence light is vegan and very spreadable.
smart balence light is vegan and very spreadable.
i was gonna suggest this one as well. its a lot easier to find in almost any grocery store and tastes great!! make sure to get the "light" thats the only vegan kind.
yeah - I've been wondering about vegan margarine. I haven't seen smart balance light in the past few days, I've been looking for it. I was just at my HFS this afternoon and they didn't have it - I think they were out of stock of a bunch of things today though. I need something light for cooking and baking...
man, it's so frustrating that EVERY kind of margarine has whey, or something else, in it. are animal ingredients really that necessary? jeez...
smart balence light is vegan and very spreadable.
i was gonna suggest this one as well. its a lot easier to find in almost any grocery store and tastes great!! make sure to get the "light" thats the only vegan kind.
I thought you were referring to Earth Balance at first, and you made me panic for a moment! :P I've never bought Smart Balance, but it appears that every Earth Balance type of margarine is 100% vegan! :)
Smart Balance LIGHT ;)
and earth balance and smart balance are the same company BTW
i use soy garden - it's made by the earth balance company. good & buttery tasting.. but not as salty as regular butter.
Earth Balance. But I can only find it at the HFS, so I'll also use Smart Balance Light or Blue Bonnet Light, depending on what the grocery store bothers to have available.
I use soy garden.
Has anyone heard of verve margarine?
Earth Balance - I love it spread on matzo :)
i'm pretty sure that i've seen verve margarine in the fortinos grocery store near me (in canada). i'm 99% sure that thats what i saw, and if so, its not vegan- i recall it having whey, and fish derivatives in it.
if that is the case, you might be stuck with earth balance... i say stuck... but it really is the most delicious stuff i've ever tasted- like butter, but better.
see here for info: http://www.earthbalance.net/product.html
are you in canada? if so, i know that earth balance is available in eastern canada- i've seen it in both ontario, and newbrunswick, in healthfood stores, and even in a sobeys once!
i'm pretty sure that i've seen verve margarine in the fortinos grocery store near me (in canada). i'm 99% sure that thats what i saw, and if so, its not vegan- i recall it having whey, and fish derivatives in it.
if that is the case, you might be stuck with earth balance... i say stuck... but it really is the most delicious stuff i've ever tasted- like butter, but better.
see here for info: http://www.earthbalance.net/product.html
are you in canada? if so, i know that earth balance is available in eastern canada- i've seen it in both ontario, and newbrunswick, in healthfood stores, and even in a sobeys once!
I'd never heard of verve, so I thought I'd look it up. It looks like the omega 3s are from flax oil, so it likely doesn't have fish derivatives in it; I don't know about whey, though, since I couldn't find an ingredients list. However, here's their website if you want to contact the company about its vegan-ness:
http://www.puresource.ca/vervenaturals/VerveMargarine.htm
i think it was D3 fortification that put the fish idea in my brain. i tend to scan ingredients and go 'dairy, fish, egg' and remember that, instead of exactly what is was that wasn't vegan, when i check stuff out (i know d3 isn't neccesarily fish based though- could be sheeps wool, or synthetic in origin).
if i pop into fortinos again in the near future i'll check it out though.
i think its such a pain when stores and sites online don't list product ingredients. it drives me mental.
I remember seeing verve in a grocery store and checking out the label. I think it has whey, but don't hold me to that - I might be remembering wrong.
I found a margarine made from rice (Galaxy foods I think) but it has whey or casein in it! What's the point of rice margarine with whey? crazy manufacturers...
I remember seeing verve in a grocery store and checking out the label. I think it has whey, but don't hold me to that - I might be remembering wrong.
I found a margarine made from rice (Galaxy foods I think) but it has whey or casein in it! What's the point of rice margarine with whey? crazy manufacturers...
Huh?
those products (there are loads like that, including lots of soya cheeses) are designed for lactose intollerant people.
the manufacturers could expend their consumer base by making it vegan friendly... but their return consumers might drop- because the casein serves a purpose by improving consistancy and making the cheese more melty.
non-melty cheese with a weird consistancy just doesn't sell as well, i guess- and the lactose intollerant folks outnumber the vegan folks.
blue bonnet light
Vitamin D is animal derived in this.
went to fortinos today.
took digital photo of verve margarine ingredients label like a right proper weirdo. :D
ingredients are:
canola oil, water, modified palm oil, flax oil (5%), sunflower oil, soybean oil, palm oil, sea salt, whey powder, soy lethicin, monoglycerides, natural flavour, potassium sorbate, citric acid, vitamin a, vitamin d, alpa-tocopherol.
its not vegan due to the whey powder. i'd also be concerned about the sources of the vitamins, natural flavour and monogylcerides.
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