Vegan spreads - was Fake Cheeses

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At 02:05 PM 1/6/2006, Geoff Evans wrote:

>I'm pretty sure Smart Balance does have dairy. Earth

>Balance, however, does not.

Yep, it's easy to confuse the two. We'd put Smart Balance on our

grocery list when we meant Earth Balance – we still do

sometimes.

I just paid a visit to the Earth Balance site and got this. Looks

like they have some other interesting products too.

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http://www.earthbalance.net/product.html

Earth Balance® Margarine Natural Buttery Spread

2004 AMERICAN TASTING INSTITUTE award for best tasting, natural, buttery

spread.

No Hydrogenated Oil

Non-GMO Ingredients

No Trans-Fatty Acids

All Natural (NO PRESERVATIVES)

No Artificial Flavor

Lactose Free

Gluten Free

100% Vegan

Here's the ingredient list from the tub in our refrigerator:

" Earth Balance® Margarine Natural Buttery Spread "

79% Natural Vegetable Oil PARVE

CERTIFIED NON-GMO INGREDIENTS: Expeller-Pressed Natural Oil Blend

(soybean,

palm fruit, canola seed and olive), filtered water, pure salt, natural

flour (derived

from corn, no MSG, no alcohol, no gluten), soy protein, soy lecithin,

lactic acid (non-

dairy, derived from sugar beets), and beta-carotene color (from natural

source).

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This is from the Smart Balance site (please forgive any typos - I OCR'd

the following from their online graphic labels):

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http://www.smartbalance.com/product.html

 

SmBal 67% Light Spread

INGREDIENTS: Natural Oil Blend (palm fruitl soybean, canola seed, and

olive oils), water contains less than 2% of salt, whey, vegetable

monoglycendes and sorbitan ester of fatty acids (emuIsifiers), soybean

lecithin, potassium sorbate, lactic acid (to protect freshness), natural

and artificial flavor, vitamin E (d-alpha-tocopheryl acetate), calcium

disodium EDTA. vitamin A palmitate. beta-carotene color.

5.8:1 ratio of Omega-6 to Omega 3.

Omega-3:400 mg/svg. Omega-6:2300 mg/svg.

This product contains 0g Trans Fatty Acids/Svg.

 

SmBal 37% Light Spread

INGREDIENTS: water, Natural oil Blend (palm fruit, soybean, canola seed

and olive oils), contains less than 2% ot salt, vegetable monoglycerides

and sorbitan ester of fatty acids (emulsifiers), soybean lecithin.

potassium sorbate, lactic acid (to protect freshness), natural and

artificial flavor, calcium dlsodlum EDTA. vitamin E (d-alpha-tocopherol

acetate), vitamin A palmitate and beta-carotene color.

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