Is there a downside to using olive spread instead of margarine or butter?

I get it from my supermarket. It looks like, and almost tastes like my regular margarine that I used for spreading on bread for sandwiches, but it is much cheaper. Presumably because it comes from olives, it is healthier too, right?

Is there a downside to using olive spread instead of, say, sunflower based margarine? Is it high in fat or salt? Are trans-fats a concern maybe? Why is the olive stuff so cheap compared to normal sunflower spread?

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8 comments a "Is there a downside to using olive spread instead of margarine or butter?"

The kind I use doesn’t have any trans fats whatsoever. Olive oil is one of the healthier vegetable oils. I haven’t found a downside to it.

olive oil is better for you than butter or marginane and it tastes better too.

It is heathier for you.

I think its healthier.

I recently read a book that pointed out the problems with using any processed oil. The book is, Eat to Live by Joel Furhman it has changed the way I eat, it is truly an educational book.

I’m surprised that it’s cheaper because olive oil is insanely good for you, and tends to be expensive. Try reading the ingredients and see if they use a mixture of olive and regular vegetable oil or something.

I prefer virgin olive oil. It is a pure oil with a rich green color from the natural antioxidant. It tastes great drizzled onto toasted bread, even if it is liquid. To make a spread, the manufacturer probably adds stuff which is not all that healthy. They may even turn it into poison by hydrogenating it.

I am concern that most olive spread has vegetable fat listed in it. IS NOT VEGETABLE FAT A type of hydrogenated fat which is very bad for you.

Is there a downside to using olive spread instead of margarine or butter?

8 comments a "Is there a downside to using olive spread instead of margarine or butter?"

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