COUNTRY CROCK SPREADS >> FAR FROM HOMEMADE™

Information updated December 2023

PURIFIED WATER IS THE #1 INGREDIENT IN COUNTRY CROCK LIGHT. Ingredients are always listed in descending order of amount >> there is the most amount of the ingredient listed first and the least amount of the ingredient  listed last, so Purified Water is the main ingredient in Country Crock Light. (Source for ingredients: Upfield Country Crock Web site 12/23)

THE #2 INGREDIENT IN UPFIELD’S COUNTRY CROCK LIGHT IS SOYBEAN OIL. According to the FDA, 94% of all Soybeans in the U.S. are genetically modified. (Source: U.S. FDA 2023)

Upfield’s Country Crock Light contains three oils: Soybean Oil, Palm Kernel Oil and Palm Oil >> these are not vegetable oils. 

Multiple offerings from Upfield’s Country Crock brand contain the noted FDA-recognized Chemical Preservatives >> Potassium Sorbate which is banned by Whole Foods Market who cites them as “Unacceptable in food.” (Source: Amazon Whole Foods Web site 12/23)

CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE >> By definition, there are no margarines or oil spreads which are Closest To Homemade® as they are all a product of high food tech and all contain numerous ingredients Not In Kitchen™.

BUTTER IS BEST: Butters which are Closest To Homemade are from cows which eat grass (as is their nature) and not man-made feed (generally corn-based). These Closest To Homemade cattle are referred to as Grass-Fed or Pasture-Raised Cows which yield The Best butter ever. Yum! The next best option is organic butter which guarantees non-GMO feed is used, as in the Clover Sonoma Organic butter shown below.

CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE BUTTERS: The Closest To Homemade butter brands include salted and unsalted Kerrygold grass-fed butter from Ireland; salted and unsalted Organic Valley pasture-raised organic butter; salted and unsalted Clover Sonoma Organic unsalted butter and Vital Farms pasture-raised butter, unsalted or sea salted. (Sources: Brand Web sites 12/23)

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