Before distinguishing between animal butter and vegetable butter, let's look at the composition of butter. Butter, as a solid oil extracted from milk, is also called butterfat and butterfat. It has a very high fat content, light yellow color, uniform texture and fragrant smell. The vegetable butter mentioned here is not real milk refining. Although the appearance of vegetable butter and animal butter is the same, the difference between them is still very big. Let's take a look at it together! 1. Processing and making animal butter is the oil processed by milk or other fresh milk, with a particularly high fat content and other milk ingredients, which is also called "butter". Vegetable butter is a kind of imitation butter product after partial hydrogenation of vegetable oil and artificial flavor, also known as margarine, margarine and shortening.
2. Nutritional value Animal butter is rich in nutrition, because it is made of milk, which concentrates the essence of dairy products, which is rich in fatty acids, minerals, vitamins, glycosylated neuropeptides and so on. Butter is rich in amino acids. Proper amount of butter can help our body and bones develop. Especially for teenagers, butter is also a rare health food.
The nutritional value of vegetable butter is inferior, which is generally composed of other vegetable oils. Vegetable butter contains vitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin E, unsaturated fatty acids and other elements. However, vegetable butter contains an element called trans fatty acids. When the human body ingests excessive trans fatty acids, it may suffer from coronary heart disease.
3. Taste Animal cream is refined from pure milk, so we can smell the rich milk fragrance when we get close. The food made from animal cream is attractive in shape, color and taste. Most of the vegetable cream just imitates the aroma of animal cream, and the food made of vegetable cream smells delicious but tastes ordinary.
Because the production process of vegetable butter is simple and diverse, its composition is not single. Some vegetable butter is still soft in the refrigerator, and some vegetable butter is still hard when heated. High-quality animal butter will melt when it is heated to the melting point, and it will be hard when it is refrigerated in the refrigerator. For the sake of health, it is better for us to choose animal butter in our daily life, even if it is expensive, it is very safe to eat.
4. The price of animal butter is much higher than that of plant butter, which is the choice of baking enthusiasts and bakers who pursue health.
Vegetable butter is cheap, and food manufacturers usually use it for cakes and cookies.
5. Melting point The melting point of animal butter is about 34 degrees Celsius, which will melt into liquid. It is soft at 28 degrees Celsius and can be used to send it away. It is particularly hard at 0-4 degrees Celsius.
Vegetable butter has different melting points according to different varieties. Some vegetable butter is in a softened state even if it is refrigerated, and some is very hard at 28 degrees Celsius.
The way to distinguish between animal butter and vegetable butter is cold storage form: if the butter is cut open in cold storage, it is soft and loose inside, which is vegetable butter; if it is tight and hard, it is animal butter. You can also pinch it by hand, and the soft one can basically be judged as vegetable butter.
Melting observation: Because animal butter contains protein, if it can be boiled until it is burnt black, it means animal butter, and if it is boiled until there is no residual substance, it is plant butter.