Can vegetarians eat margarine?????!
Can vegetarians eat margarine?????
Answers:
How bout a more simple answer? Vegetarian yes. Vegan...not exactly. There is vegan butter substitutes such as Smart Balance Light and Earth Balance.
*apparently Smart Balance Light is debateable :)
Yes, margarine is made from plant oil.
You have to list the contents from the package
for us to decide.
BUT
My general rule
Water and grass maybe an occasional leave or 10.
Get a real life!
If you are okay with milk (you didn't say you were a vegan).
The link below breaks down the list of ingredients.
In short, whey is a by-product of milk and is found in margarine.
However, if you are doing the vegan thing, then consider soy margarine.
To me, it is not enough to say I will eat no animal products, that does not cut it for me. There has to be good reason to do the things that I do, Biblical reason. A plant based diet was chosen for our first parents in the beginning (read Gen 1-2), and it was not until the flood came that man was allowed to eat flesh foods for one can not grow a garden in a flood (read Gen 7 and 9). I have an obligation because I am the Lord's purchase, purchased by the blood of Christ, to glorify God in my body which is supposed to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Co 10:31. The question on if I should eat something is if it will glorify God to eat of it. If I know something is harmful to eat, then would I be glorifying God to eat of it? Margarine, scientifically has been proven to be against us, as far as healthwise, therefore, it is my duty to abstain from it. Christ should be our first and last, and He has promised that any who honor Him, shall He honor.
Depends. Some margarine contains gelatin (especially yogurt based margarines), which most vegetarians would not eat. Others don't.