Margarine facts for kids
Margarine is an artificial butter. It can be made from vegetable oil, or animal fat. It may also contain skimmed milk, salt and emulsifiers. Margarine is used in many baked products. It contains less fat than butter, so is often chosen instead of it. There are also "low fat" margarines, which contain even less fat.
Due to its versatility, margarine can be used as an ingredient in other food products, such as pastries, doughnuts, and cookies.
Images for kids
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Dutch margarine advertising, 1893
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Newspaper ad for an American oleomargarine product, 1919. Product made by the American company Swift & Company from by-products of the animal processing business.
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Postcard of "Incorporating Salt and Working Moisture out of "Swift's Premium" Oleomargarine", undated
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Partial hydrogenation of a typical plant oil to a typical component of margarine. Most of the C=C double bonds are removed in this process, which elevates the melting point of the product.
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Cudahy's Delrich brand of margarine used a "color berry" to color its white vegetable-based margarine yellow. This 1948 advertisement demonstrates how to color the margarine inside the package
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See also
In Spanish: Margarina para niños
