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I Can't Believe It's Pink Margarine

99% Invisible

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The Story of Marjorine

Marjorine has been this bell weather for different food trends and fads in our diet culture. Napoleon the third put out a call for an invention of a spread that could replace butter, that was portable for his troops and also cheaper to produce. This is food historian alain casroa, and i am the author of butter,. A terrific imperobuk seemed obvious. But it turns out the law in quebec was just one small battle in a global, 150 year war to destroy marjorin and everything that it stands for.

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