What Margarine Is Glueten And Lactose Free?

[Rodney]

My wife was just diagnosed with Celiac and has to also stay off lactose for a while.

What margarine is glueten and lactose free?

[tarnalberry]

Most of it? I've never seen any carbs in margarine, and since lactose is a sugar...

I do know that Smart Balance Light is Gluten-free Casein-free (casein free - no dairy whatsoever). Regular butter is actually likely to be just fine if she's only avoiding lactose, as the fat is easy to separate from the sugars; it's separating *all* the protein that's hard.

[RiceGuy]

Welcome to the board!

I really like the margarine from Open Original Shared Link. It's actually better than I thought it would be. The part I like is that it comes in a stick, not that fake, watered-down butter-wanna-be junk in a tub. It's also non-hydrogenated, has no trans-fat, and a bunch of other good things. It even works for baking and frying. They do have stuff in tubs though for those who prefer it.

[RiceGuy]

Most of it? I've never seen any carbs in margarine, and since lactose is a sugar...

I do know that Smart Balance Light is Gluten-free Casein-free (casein free - no dairy whatsoever). Regular butter is actually likely to be just fine if she's only avoiding lactose, as the fat is easy to separate from the sugars; it's separating *all* the protein that's hard.

Hmmm...can you explain further? Because last I knew carbohydrates and sugars are two separate things, and would get listed separately.

The typical margarines usually have whey. I just did a quick Google, and the first site I found says whey is largely lactose.

<EDIT>

From the US Dairy Export Council:

Typical Composition of Whey

Protein 11.0%–14.5%

Lactose 63.0%–75.0%

Fat 1.0%–1.5%

Ash 8.2%–8.8%

Moisture 3.5%–5.0%

[bklynceliac]

two that i know of are Fleischman's No Salt Margarine (only no salt) and Willow Run Soybean Margarine. I recommend the latter, but I'm not sure how easy it is to find. The Fleischman's is a little bland.

[pinkpei77]

willow run and earth balance are both very good !!

[Rodney]

Juat went out and purchased Willow Run.

Thank you for your help!