Butter can be used to spread bread, make shortbread, cakes, etc.
Vegetable butter can be used in place of butter in general. Depending on the variety of vegetable butter, some remain soft even when refrigerated, and this type of vegetable butter is suitable for spreading bread. Some remain very hard even at 28 degrees Celsius. This type of vegetable butter is suitable for breading and is much easier to work with than butter for making lasagna.
Vegetable butter is a substitute for butter made by partially hydrogenating vegetable oil and adding artificial flavors to mimic the taste of butter.
Expanded Information:
Vegetable butter is not a complete substitute for butter
1.
Its texture makes people feel uncomfortable when eating. So, if you want to make high grade pastry, you still need to use butter.
2, vegetable oil after hydrogenation, will produce trans fatty acids.
Early people do not know enough about trans fatty acids, so vegetable butter is more widely used. Modern research has made the harm of trans fatty acids more and more recognized, especially on the cardiovascular harm is very great. The first thing you need to do is to get rid of all the fatty acids that are in your body, and then you can use them to make your life easier.
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