What's the difference between margarine and butter?

Question

What's the difference between margarine and butter?

Answer 1

Margarine is manufactured out of oil.  Butter is made with milk solids.  

Answer 2

Generally, margarine is produced with a combination of different types of vegetable oils. Some brands tend to use soybean oil, whiles other favor corn oil. As part of the preparation process, the oil undergoes hydrogenation. The addition of more molecules of hydrogen to the mixture helps to achieve the solid texture required if margarine is to resemble the look and texture of a butter spread. Generally more easily spread than many forms of butter, margarine was first touted to be a healthy alternative to the higher content of fat found in fresh butter.

One of the drawbacks is that the process of hydrogenation converts some of the unsaturated fats in the oils to saturated fats.

Butter is made by beating cream, the thickest, fattiest part of milk. As the cream is beaten, the fat globules begin to stick together, forcing the cream to form a solid mass of milkfat, also known as butter. Although many people are taught to refrain from consuming fatty products, pure butter contains healthy fatty acids, which benefit cholesterol levels and general health. While an excess of butterbutterbutter can be harmful, the food is not inherently bad for you.

Answer 3

Butter is an all natural product, margarine is artificial

Answer 4

Butter is dairy and margarine is oil

Answer 5

butter is made from cream (and often salt)-that's it...margarine is chemically treated oil etc.