Butter Betrayal

Have yall ever picked up one of those pretty little yellow fake butter sprays, thinking oh it’s not really butter, it can’t be THAT bad?! ...  Then you take it home, cook up a healthy meal, and spray it all over your rice or potatoes? I have!!  One day I was talking with my coach and just out of curiosity asked her if that fake spray butter was bad. What she told me changed my whole perception of that stuff!

Look at the ingredients listed below in real butter and spray butter...All of the highlighted items are included in both...see how similar they are??  They can get away with labeling it “fat free” because the serving size is so small. Truth is, that little bottle is loaded with FAT!!! After discovering all of this, I felt COMPLETELY BETRAYED by the butter!  All along, I had been thinking I was doing so good...eating so much healthier, cutting out certain things, and just adding a few squirts of fake butter to top it off.  Fake butter was my friend, it wasn't supposed to make me fluffy!  I have used this stuff for years!  Now, when I see labels that read “fat free” or “sugar free” – I pick them up and read the ingredients closely because obviously, the labels can be totally misleading.  Avoid this stuff - it is processed and not good for you!

Country Crock Butter Ingredients:

• Vegetable Oil Blend (Soybean Oil, Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil)
• Water
• Whey (milk)
• Salt
• Mono and Diglycerides
• Soy Lecithin
• Potassium Sorbate and Calcium Disodium EDTA
• Citric Acid
• Vitamin A Palmitate
• Beta Carotene (color)
• Flavor(s) Natural & Artificial
• Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3)

I Can’t Believe It's Not Butter Ingredients:

• Water
• Soybean Oil
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Salt
• Sweet Cream Buttermilk
• Xantham Gum
• Soy Lecithin
• Polysorbate 60
• Lactic Acid
• Potassium Sorbate and Calcium Disodium EDTA
• Natural and Artificial Flavor
• Vitamin A Palmitate
• Beta Carotene (color)

DON'T GET BETRAYED BY THE BUTTER YALL!!!