Margarine is a highly processed food made by combining water and vegetable oils and usually containing emulsifiers, preservatives, additives, artificial colourings and flavourings and salt.

While butter is considered a "processed culinary ingredient," margarine is an ultra-processed food (UPF), according to the most widely used processed food classification system. The term "ultra ...

A bill under consideration in the Iowa House would ban margarine and two food additives from the lunches and breakfasts served at Iowa schools. Representative Jeff Shipley, a Republican from ...

Some Iowa representatives want to ban margarine and certain food dyes from schools with a bill modeled closely after a law passed last year in California.House Study Bill 5 was discussed in an ...