Who Manufactures Smart Balance?
Smart Balance lands a final spot as a healthy butter substitute because the brand loaded their spread with heart-healthy oils, omega-3s, and vitamins, so it tastes yummy and is good for you, too. Likewise, is Smart Balance good or bad for you? That’s what people ate in studies that tested Smart Balance’s impact on cholesterol.
While the statistics for both spreads are comparable and healthier than butter, Smart Balance can be part of a vegetarian diet. In fact Smart Balance Lite is vegan, a rarity among butter spreads.
Smart Balance 7 Years Later
- Vegetable oil blend (canola, olive, and palm oil)
- Water
- Contains less than 2% salt
- Pea protein
- Natural and artificial flavors
- Sunflower lecithin
- Vitamin A Palmitate
- Beta-carotene (color)
- Vitamin D
- Monoglycerides of vegetable fatty acids (emulsifier)
- Carrington Farms Organic Ghee.
- I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!
- Olivio Ultimate Spread.
- Country Crock Plant Butter with Olive Oil.
- Miyoko’s Vegan Butter.
- WayFare Salted Whipped Butter.
- Benecol Buttery Spread.
- Smart Balance Original Buttery Spread.
What is a smart balance buttery spread?
Great-tasting Smart Balance Buttery Spreads are the first and only spreads with 0 g trans fat naturally . Unlike many spreads and margarines, we use absolutely no hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. Instead, we use our unique natural oil blend that can help support healthy cholesterol levels already within the normal range. 1
Hydrogenated and Partially Hydrogenated Oils. Smart Balance products are completely free of hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. Learn more about why you should avoid these chemically modified fats.