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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
I can still get marg in my bit of the UK, although they all seem to have rebranded themselves as "spread"  They're still made from various vegetable oils and no dairy, though... |
I think officially marge and spreads are different products.
It came up on an edition of 'Q.I.' that you can't buy margarine in Britain any more. When I checked my local supermarkets, they were only selling spreads.
The matter has been discussed on the
Q.I. chat pages; and I think someone from the programme posted a message saying:
"We were quoting the UK Spreads Association (which used to be called the Margarine and Spreads Association), which says that marge is no longer for sale in this country - they recently changed the formulations of their members’ products so that they no longer come into the 80-90% fat content bracket that legally defines them as margarines. Their spokesman said:
“We would like to make it clear that there are no brands of margarine on sale in Britain today.”"