margarine

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Polypropylene, labeled as #5 on packaging, is used for yogurt containers, margarine tubs and microwavable trays.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

Industrial amounts of ordinary consumer goods like salt or margarine are banned, preventing local production using ordinary ingredients.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

"Skimpflation" sees the switching of expensive ingredients for cheaper ones, for example margarine where oil content is reduced and replaced with water.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2023

An ultraprocessed breakfast might be Honey Nut Cheerios and a prepackaged blueberry muffin with margarine, whereas an unprocessed breakfast might be oatmeal, blueberries, almonds, and 2 percent milk.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2023

Mom was carrying on about how things had gotten so desperate around the house that we didn’t have anything to eat except margarine, and now that was gone, too.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls