Breads & Spreads;Margarines: How Do They Differ? From: The Washington Post | Date: January 13, 1988| Author: Carole Sugarman | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Butter lovers have cursed, ignored and even enacted laws against it, but they haven't been able to stop the spread. Consumption of margarine has steadily-and rampantly-increased ever since it was concocted by French pharmacist Hippolyte Me`ge for butter-short troops during the Napoleonic Wars.

These days, descendants of Me`ge's invention fill tubs and sticks and squeeze bottles, jamming supermarket refrigerator cases. In 1987, Americans spent close to $1.5 billion on margarine produ...

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