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Yellow margarine may soon be allowed in Quebec grocery stores after the province's cabinet quietly agreed to change a 21-year old law that forbids any coloured form of the oily spread to be sold in La Belle Province.
In late June, the Quebec Cabinet agreed to repeal a provincial law that prevented margarine makers in the province from adding yellow colour to their product.
The decision could open the door for margarine producers to tint their products yellow, a longstanding practice in most parts of the world and in the rest of Canada.
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[Elder]

Yellow margarine may soon be allowed in Quebec grocery stores after the province's cabinet quietly agreed to change a 21-year old law that forbids any coloured form of the oily spread to be sold in La Belle Province.
In late June, the Quebec Cabinet agreed to repeal a provincial law that prevented margarine makers in the province from adding yellow colour to their product.
The decision could open the door for margarine producers to tint their products yellow, a longstanding practice in most parts of the world and in the rest of Canada.
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What are your memories of colourless margarine?

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I was born in 1950 & vividly recall the mass of disgusting white lardy stuff that we mixed colour into for use. Yuck, didn't like it then and have not used margarine through-out adult life (with the exception of being influenced by room-mate in college to try it again but this did not last). I do not know exactly what was in the lardy mass or what the colouring was made of but I can be certain that none of it was to the benefit of my health. Fortunately, we also had butter but margarine was a money-saver. Parents, better to accustom your children to the use of moderate amounts of butter rather than put toxic materials such as margarine into their developing bodies. Margarine is not recognized by the body as a food for it isn't a nutrient. It does not break down and continues to be stored in fatty tisses over the years of use. It is laden with toxic chemicals and is not fully excreted by the body. Think about it.

 

[JLM]

Yellow margarine may soon be allowed in Quebec grocery stores after the province's cabinet quietly agreed to change a 21-year old law that forbids any coloured form of the oily spread to be sold in La Belle Province.
In late June, the Quebec Cabinet agreed to repeal a provincial law that prevented margarine makers in the province from adding yellow colour to their product.
The decision could open the door for margarine producers to tint their products yellow, a longstanding practice in most parts of the world and in the rest of Canada.
Read full story
What are your memories of colourless margarine?



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Can remember it well in the early fifties. Margarine in those days tasted like real axle grease but hey it was cheap.

 

[Mowich]

My favorite memory of coloring margarine comes from when my Mum finally started buying the kind of margarine that had a coloring packet inside and all you had to do was keep squeezing the package until it was all the same color – that was way cool. :smile:

 

[talloola]

yes, I remember that as well, but it was all about money, butter was so expensive, wasn't much choice.

don't remember bad taste, but once the jam or peanut butter was on top of it,
killed taste anyway.