Why Can't Vegetarians Eat Butter?

Question

I was reading on a website that it's better to use veggie margarine as apposed to butter. Why?

Answer 1

butter is made of dairy products witch come from animals

Answer 2

Butter has cream, which is  a dairy product.  A regular vegatarian (usually just avoids meats and eggs) might eat it, but a true vegan will not eat anything w/animal by-products.

Answer 3

Vegetarians *can* eat butter, but some choose not to consume dairy at all.

Whether butter or margarine is "better" depends on what kind of better you're talking about.   Lots of margarines are artificially hydrogenated, which is unhealthy (trans fats.)  If you select a non-hydrogenated one like Earth Balance, you're getting mono- and poly-unsaturated fats (the healthier kinds) along with a lesser amount of saturated fat, whereas butter is going to be all saturated fat.

Answer 4

well i'm not not vegetarian but i think that its becaue the butter is made w/ a byproduct of cow(milk)  maybe???

Answer 5

cause it comes from cows .

Answer 6

Vegetarians can eat butter. Vegans do not because it comes from an animal.

Answer 7

This is because it derives from n animal (milk), and also because it sometimes contains animal fats, so I've heard.

Answer 8

Butter comes from Cow.

Answer 9

I believe it is vegans, and not vegetarians that avoid butter.   Vegetarians will eat animal by-products - like egg and dairy products,  but vegans won't eat any animal related products.