Your supermarket seems late to the game. Or maybe we here in the Boston area (where Smart Balance was invented) are a test market? It’s been at least 2 years since we’ve seen the emergence of dairy-containing varieties (tubs, too). There are quite a few options, and one must be quite careful to look every time at the labeling, As for cooking, I agree - not the best but still adequate. When I *really* need a butter substitute, for baking, I have used the pareve Fleischmann’s Unsalted sticks. 	 
 
On Jul 15, 2014, at 7:45 AM, Jon Lewis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> For years, Smart Balance (in the smallest size tub) has been my dairy-free margarine of choice.  Last time I looked to buy some more just a few days ago, I noticed that they seem to have reformulated it and expanded their product line.  The Publix I was in must have had at least half a dozen different varieties of Smart Balance in that small size tub.  The normal Smart Balance now has milk in it.  IIRC, there was a Smart Balance Light and an Organic Light that were both still Ou, but my experience in the past with Smart Balance Light was that the water content was too high, making it unsuitable stove top use (i.e. for cooking scrambled or fried eggs).  I ended up trying a tub of Earth Balance, which is made by the same manufacturer.  I used it to cook a batch of french toast (both in the batter and in the pan for frying) and it did fine.
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