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Safeway has a brand of Becel margarine that is labeled gluten free....hope this helps
Margarine, like butter, is a shortening agent; applesauce won't replace margarine in recipes calling for shortening.
Matter of opinion: there are many that feel margarine is not safe at all because it's chemically altered by hydrogenation. Others feel it's a very safe food. Becel claims not to hydrogenate their margarine, so some feel that does make it healthier, but there is no clear answer on this because the debate continues.
Ghee, oil, oleo, shortening are the other words which could replace the word butter or margarine.
Because margarine, like butter has a burn/smoke point. Shortening will not burn/smoke like margarine when the heat hits it.
The shortening can be replaced with butter of margarine. One can replace buttermilk with regular milk or you may add a teaspoon of vinegar to the milk which will make it curdle.
A half cup shortening is a half cup margarine. They are practically the same except in taste.
Margarine is made with oils and artificial ingredients, butter is made from cream, shortening is made from oils and sometimes animal fats.
Shortening and margarine are actually pretty similar in that they are both made by hydrogenating vegetable oil to make it harden into a spread or block. But shortening is typically white and unflavoured while margarine is flavoured with salt and sometimes some milk products, and it's often coloured yellow.
Substitutes for shortening are butter and margarine in sticks. Use the same amount as called for in your recipe. Keep in mind, plain shortening will NOT be as flavorful as butter or margarine. Do not use soft margarine in a tub as it contains too much water.
Margarine is shortening and can be used in place of butter or other shortenings in baking, though the flavour won't be the same. In many recipes some feel the best results in texture and flavour are obtained by using butter or half-and-half butter and lard.
Butter/margarine.