New Zealand. With a blend of nutritious seeds oils and just the right amount of buttermilk,
New Zealand. Plant based Flora Original is made with sunflower seed oil and contains 65% less saturated fat than butter. It spreads easily and taste delicious with NO artificial colours or flavours. Enjoy Flora on a toast or cook or bake your favourite recipe with it.
Our Flora spreads range contains less saturated fat than butter for a happier, healthier heart. We use a natural blend of plant oils which means Flora naturally contains Omega 3 and 6 which are essential good fats for your body.
Flora has less saturated fat than butter. All around the world, health experts recommend that you should reduce your intake of saturated fats and eat more 'good fats' that is, Omega 3 and 6, which help to maintain normal cholesterol levels. Flora is made with nutritious seed oils that are packed with Omega 3 and 6.
Sustainable palm oil that comes from segregated supply chain (segregated means that it is kept separate from ordinary palm throughout supply chain) is used in Flora. Only when there is shortage of segregated palm oil we then use mass balance sustainable palm oil.
Ingredients. Flora Buttery: plant oils (rapeseed, palm1, sunflower 1%, linseed), water, BUTTERMILK 10%, salt 1.35%, plant based emulsifier (lecithin), natural flavourings, vitamin A.
Top trading partners (import of "Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified") of Australia in 2022: Malaysia with a share of 96% (112 million US$) Singapore with a share of 2.24% (2.59 million US$)
Butter can absolutely fit into a healthy diet, says registered dietitian Abbey Sharp, and grass-fed butter is the healthiest butter money can buy.
Margarine (such as Flora) contains no bad fats, is cholesterol free and has a lower saturated fat content. Margarines are also sometimes fortified with other vitamins. Flora is a source of vitamins A, D and E, whereas Rama is a source of Vitamins A, D, E, B1, B2, B6, niacin and folic acid.
Lowering your cholesterol absorption doesn't mean you have to give up the taste you love. Flora ProActiv Buttery spread is churned with real buttermilk and is enriched with sterols from natural plant sources to lower cholesterol absorption.
112 days refrigerated, but please check the BBE date on the packaging for more details as all batches are different in terms of their original production date. Is the salt level of Flora Plant B+tter the same as butter?
Genuine excellence and mouth-watering flavour doesn't just come out of nowhere, and Lurpak® has had an uncompromising approach to making quality butter since 1901.
Flora is a brand of spread produced by Upfield except in southern Africa where it is produced by Siqalo Foods, a subsidiary of Remgro). The original manufacturer Unilever came up with the brand after being asked by medical professionals to develop a healthier alternative to traditional margarines, lard and butter.
Western Star is an Australian butter and spreads brand founded in 1926 in the Western Districts of Victoria. Products are widely distributed across Australia and available in most supermarkets. The brand is owned by Fonterra.
Our Savoury Star - Ideal for savoury cooking & baking. Salted butter is a versatile cooking staple. Expertly crafted at Cobden, Western Victoria, from only two natural ingredients, Australian cream and salt, to deliver a classic, pure creamery butter with a rich satisfying, five-star taste.
France's Bordier is often considered by many in the culinary world to be among the best butter brands on the market.
HEART UK and Flora ProActiv
Over 50 clinical studies have proven that the plant sterols in Flora ProActiv significantly lower cholesterol. Flora ProActiv spreads and drinks contain plant sterols which are natural substances that have powerful cholesterol reducing properties.
Margarine often tops butter when it comes to heart health. Margarine is a blend of oils that are mostly unsaturated fat. Butter is made from cream or milk. The type of fat found in animal products, such as cream, is mostly saturated fat.
Stick margarine
Pros: Margarine is much lower in saturated fat than butter, and it is made from vegetable oils, so it contains no cholesterol.
As part of a healthy diet, CSIRO and Heart Foundation recommend the use of margarine / table spread over butter. Using Nuttelex Original in place of butter will reduce the saturated fat intake by 2.5kg* per year *Based on 20g of margarine versus 20g of butter per day.
"Tub butters often are the worst; they are usually loaded with unhealthy oils that make them more spreadable," explains Moushumi Mukherjee, MS, RDN, of Dietitian Moushumi LLC. Oftentimes, companies use these oils to increase a product's shelf life and meet consumer demands.
Try: swapping butter to vegetable oil spreads like sunflower, olive or rapeseed oil spreads.
Australia relies on imports - about 90 per cent - for the majority of its petrol supply. We do produce some crude oil domestically - about 350 barrels per day - however, the majority of this is exported. Most of our imported petrol comes from Asia, with around 25 per cent of it coming from Singapore.
Most of Australia's oil is currently produced on the North West Shelf, some distance from domestic east coast refining capacity. In addition, domestically produced grades of crude oil are generally not suited for local refineries compared to other internationally sourced oil.
Australia is a net importer of oil and imports a large proportion of its refinery feedstocks. Most of Australia's oil is produced on the North West Shelf, some distance from domestic east coast refining capacity.