Alternatives to butter

Any of the Flora Proactive range. I like the Flora Buttery too - the only thing is, use sparingly on toast because too much makes the bread go soggy.

If you want it for cooking then olive oil can be a substitute or to use for sandwiches and crackers I can only think of margarine. Perhaps you could explain more. Is it for your health?

Vitalite is very good for spreading and cooking/baking. It has a pleasant, subtle flavour.

I’ve used olive oil marg for years now. I cook with olive oil,too. I still use butter now and then for cooking, crumbles, icing etc.

We've gone back to butter because we like it and at least you know what's in it. However we have a family member with serious food allergies, including dairy, and we use Vitalite for baking when he's visiting and it seems to work well. He uses it as a spread too.

Must admit I no longer use any substitutes - they all contain palm oil. Or at least, I have yet to find one that doesn’t.

I usually use a spreadable butter (British only, no Lurpak) that’s just butter with rapeseed oil plus a little salt and water.

We use cholesterol lowering spreads - Benecol or ProActive, they contain plant sterols and you can get both with a buttery taste.

I should have mentioned ProActiv doesn’t contain palm oil, Benecol contains responsibly sourced palm oil.

I don’t use much butter, so another who uses the real thing.
Anchor spreadable, as it’s British.

I use ProActive as it allegedly helps reduce cholesterol.

Only the real thing for us now. Some of those horrible spreads are just one molecule away from plastic. 🤮🤮

Another vote here for Flora Buttery - and Witzend, this one doesn’t contain palm oil, I’ve just been to the fridge to double check!

Thanks for all your helpful suggestions 👍

Primrose53

Only the real thing for us now. Some of those horrible spreads are just one molecule away from plastic. 🤮🤮

Quite right. Awful stuff.

I make my own spreadable butter by adding either rapeseed or olive olive oil to softened butter and beating it. If you read the ingredients on the commercial ones, they are about 50/50 butter to oil. I make mine a little firmer - about 65/35 by weight. It is spreadable at room temperature at this time of year. In the summer, I just use butter.

Ironic. I have just gone the other way.

I read recently, rightly or wrongly, that all sorts of oils are not good for us[not counting olive oil or coconut oil]. And they are added to all sorts of things.

Rapeseed oil, Canola, soya, vegetable oils etc.

What Primrose said 😂. Fully agree.

Butter is Real Food. The other stuff generally isn't.

olive oil on bread is delicious.. as you find in Spanish bars..

Ugh, none of them, all vile (Flora worst of the lot!)

Apparently I used to try and eat Lurpak off the block when I was a small child - I can't imagine why but it has since given me a huge phobia about the stuff, and I don't use anything other than mayo/pickle to moisten the bread. I cannot remember EVER earing it at all! I do remember that once my dad picked up the wrong sandwiches and I bit into what I thought were mine and knew instantly it had Flora on it. I was supposed to be going to work (Saturday job in a pub) but was so so sick, I just couldn't manage it! Even the thought of it makes me shudder!

I love butter but if I couldn't get butter I would dip my bread in olive oil.

I try not to eat any processed food.

So butter and olive oil for me.

RedRidingHood

I love butter but if I couldn't get butter I would dip my bread in olive oil.

Yes, me too. In fact, I often have fresh crusty bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

A specialist in treating cancer told me to avoid "butter substitutes" and stick to real butter.

Real butter is best, and not fattening .I eat low carb and butter and cream are recommended