01 n. A processed food product used as an inexpensive substitute for butter, made primarily from refined vegetable oils, sometimes including anim…
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A processed food product used as an inexpensive substitute for butter, made primarily from refined vegetable oils, sometimes including animal fats, and churned with skim milk to form a semisolid emulsion; also called oleomargarine; artificial butter. Also: oleomargarine“The word margarine shall mean all substances, whether compounds or otherwise, prepared in imitation of butter, and whether mixed with butter or not.” — Margarine Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 29).
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Margarin.