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Canoleo
Fleishmann's
Hain Safflower Oil Margarine
Mother's
Nucoa
Parkay
Saffola Unsalted?
Spectrum Spred
Willow Run
Canoleo
From: Marilyn S.
I live in Florida and just purchased (but have not tried it yet) Canoleo (100% Canola Margarine) which is a Product of Canada and distributed by Spring Tree Corp., Brattleboro, VT 05302. It has no preservatives and is dairy free. Ingredients: liquid canola oil, partially hydrogenated canola oil, water, sea salt, soy protein, vegetable lecithin, Vitamin A palmitate, Vitamin D3, natural flavor, beta-carotene. This was purchased at health food store.
I did not check with the company to see if this product is run on a dairy free line. I understand people with severe allergies
need to be aware of this.
Fleishmann's
From: Hazel Green
Fleishmann's Lactose, Salt Free Margarine (the blue Pack) is the ONLY margarine that I have found to be 100% GUARRANTEED to be milk free but that is only their 1 lb blue twin pack -- the 2 lb tub is run on the same line as their other margarines with dairy in them.
From: Hazel Green
In Canada I have found that the Fleishmann's Lactose Free Salt Free sold in the blue twin pack is the only safe one around. It is also run on its own line. The other ones that I have found and phoned are run on the same line as their dairy margarines.
From: Robyn Kozierok
In the US, Fleishmann's has two stick margarines that are dairy-free (I haven't called, but they have kosher pareve status from a very reputable hechsher -- they certainly couldn't be run on a line that is also used for dairy.) One of them is a lower fat type.
From: Lynda G. Mitchell
I also use Fleischmann's unsalted variety of margarine. Both the sticks and the tubs of the UNSALTED Fleischmann's are milk free.
Hain Safflower Oil Margarine
From: R C Harber
We use Hain Safflower Oil Margarine. It comes in sticks. We are c/f and g/f and this margarine works for us. Tastey as butter? No way. But as long as I don't compare it to butter it's just fine. It does fine in baking also.
I can find it in most of the local health food stores and I order it from Blooming Prairie Coop. They are located in Iowa and Minnesota but deliver to many states. Their phone is: 800-323-2131 or for Minnesota 800-328-8241 or 800-322-8324.
Mother's
From: Robyn Kozierok
There is also a kosher brand called Mother's that makes a few different tub margarines. As far as I know they don't make any dairy margarines. Our grocery store keeps it in a separate kosher food section rather than with the other margarines. I also occaisionally find there Tradition brand chocolate chip and chocolate chocolate chip "slice-n-bake" cookies. If there's a decent-sized Jewish community near you, try shopping in a Kosher deli or other kosher food store to find interesting milk-free items.
Nucoa
From: Peter G. Tallas
The NUCOA brand of "real" margarine is is distributed by GFA Brands Inc., P.O. Box 397, Chesskill, NJ 076216-0397.
The label's ingredients says that it "contains no milk or whey". I don't know if its production line is shared with products that contain milk.
From: Pearson, Loretta
Nucoa is margarine made without lactose. It's dairy free. It also doesn't burn when cooking with it. I've used it for several years now. At first it tastes different at first, but pleasant. Now we like it better than butter now.
It comes in 4 quarters in a package. I have gotten use to the taste and we use it on toast, popcorn, and in all cooking. I even make a "butter sauce" with it, using Basil and lemon juice in it, for dipping fish into.
Parkay
From: Joe Clemens
The listed ingredients of PARKAY LIGHT are: Water, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, emulsifiers (soy lecithin, vegetable monoglycerides), xanthan gum, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate), artificial flavor, vitamin A palmitate, colored with beta carotene (a source of vitamin A).
From: Lynda G. Mitchell
Squeeze Parkay is also milk free.
From: Shaunta Knibb
Try Saffola Unsalted.
Spectrum Spred
From: Dale Robin Lockman
For just plain spreading, Spectrum Spred is the best/healthiest thing we have found. You cannot cook with it. Both are found in health food stores or in the supermarket on the health aisle.
From: Carrie L. Micho
> For just plain spreading, Spectrum Spred is the best/healthiest thing we have
> found. You cannot cook with it.
I beg to differ! I have searched far and wide for a vegan white cake recipe for birthdays and experimented for 5 years. I finally tried Spectrum as the fat in the recipe and it had the best texture you could ask for. Spectrum is a good spread and works well in baked goods. It does not FRY, however. And it does not melt. I've used it for baking codfish by blending it with lemon juice before spreading it on the fish. It still doesn't melt, but it makes a nice, tasty sauce.
From: Larissa Blechman
I agree about the Spectrum Spread being ok to use in baking, I have found it to affect the texture of some baked goods but it does well in cookies and I don't have to worry about the hydrogenated fats going into my kids. I like the taste of it too, my husband hates it but maybe after years of no margarine or butter type spread I'm just happy to have this.
Carol Fenster uses Spectrum Spread in the Special Diets book and describes how she uses it in baking.
Willow Run
From: Dale Robin Lockman
The best thing I have found for baking is Willow Run soy margarine...good flavor, good texture and baking properties, and although it has hydrogenated oil, (after all that is what margarine is)...it is also has the least "suspect" ingredients...ie, no nasty-sounding chemicals, etc.
From: jpreston
Shedd's Willow Run Soybean Margarine (lactose free/parve)
"Ingredients: liquid soybean oil and partially hydrogenated soybean oil (80%), water (16.5%), salt (2.6%), contains less than 2% of the following: soybean flour, soy lecithin, beta carotene (color), vitamin A (palmitate). If you have any questions or comments, call us toll-free at 1-800-735-3554."