Recently I have been seeing "vegan butter" in the store. How this is not margarine eludes me. But my vegan friend assures me it's completely different.

[–] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I can't explain it either, but it really is different. I can only assume they improved the hydrolysis process or added plant-based fats that are solid at room temperature (palm oil or coconut oil).

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It seems here in sweden none of it gets to call itself anything other than margarine, but the stuff i buy (which behaves the same as butter-based stuff) seems to have about 20% coconut/shea fat.

[–] fayoh@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Then I might be lying. Was all convinced I saw it at ICA, but can't find anything online now 🤔

Unless they imported something under the radar maybe it was the "plant b+tter" I was thinking about.

My colleague was quite adamant that it was vegan butter he had used for the cookies he brought.

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Could it be that the store had a sign "vegan butter" but the product itself was not labeled that way?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

ICA

Deuling Banjos intensifies

I'm kidding, but I've never seen an ICA outside of the southeastern states