Is it true that Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys?

dont think so, it was made as a healthy alternative to butter but when it was made people seen it as a cheaper alternative so they wouldn't buy it because it made them look poor, so the manufacturer marketed it as a healthy alternative but people still wouldn't buy it, so it was marketed as better then butter for baking but people still didnt buy it so it was marketed as being able to be spread straight from the fridge and people went mad for it!Is it true that Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys?
Yes, Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it did not fatten them, it posined them. They stopped using it. But now they had thousands of dollars invested in a useless product. So they coulured it, and flavoured it and sold it as a butter substatute. It is one molicule away

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Is it true that Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys?
....from plastic. It is worse for you then butter. It causes all types of problems for your body. One is heart disese. It was not a personal lubricant. Or a healthy alternative to butter. Butter may have it's flaws but its better then Margarine. For example. Butter increases your immune system, and

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.... helps your body absorb, other nutients. For example if you had butter on your corn, your body would abosorb the corns nutrients better.


So the answer to your question, is Yes it was.

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why does the chemical composition look like plastic?
Don't think so. Margarine (originally called butterine) has been around since at least the mid-nineteenth century and as far as I know, long pre-dates the mass production of poultry.





Why do you ask? Where did you hear that?
No, it was originally made to be used as a personal lubricant.

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