Which one is healthier butter or margarine?

Margarine usually tops butter when it comes to heart health. Margarine is made from vegetable oils, so it contains unsaturated “good” fats — polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. These types of fats help reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or “bad,” cholesterol when substituted for saturated fat.

Is Becel butter or margarine?

Becel® Original margarine has 80% less saturated fat than butter. It also provides a source of omega-3 polyunsaturated fat, a good type of fat that when used to replace saturated fat in ones’ diet, can help to lower cholesterol levels.

What margarine is healthy?

With no hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils, Smart Balance may be one of the best cholesterol-reducing margarine brands on the market. Additionally, it contains zero trans fat. Smart Balance margarine items are, instead, chock-full of good-for-you omega-3s, vitamins, calcium and protein.

Why you shouldn t eat margarine?

Margarine may contain trans fat, which raises LDL (bad) cholesterol, lowers HDL (good) cholesterol and makes blood platelets stickier, increasing heart disease risk. Margarine containing hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils contain trans fats and should be avoided.

Is margarine bad for your liver?

Margarine was not significantly altered serum ALT& AST levels at lower doses and as the liver functions were not deranged, margarine can be safely given to patient suffering from liver disease, but it may be toxic in higher dose.

What’s in Becel margarine?

Ingredients. Canola oil 74%, Water, Modified palm and palm kernel oils 6%, Salt, Buttermilk powder 0.2% (milk), Natural flavours, Lactic acid, Vitamin A palmitate (vitamin A), Vitamin D3, Beta carotene, Soy lecithin, Calcium disodium EDTA.

Where is Becel margarine made?

Canada
Becel® is largely made with canola grown right here in Canada – we are proud to support our Canadian farmers.