Terrible...no taste since formula change..I wasted my money..I will look for a different product

Keithc1

St. Louis

Whenever we weren't using butter or olive oil for cooking, we used this product exclusively. With no notice or labeling, Smart Balance changed their product and now it is this soft, greasy inferior product. I really object that they changed the product without any label notation and cheaped out charging the same high price! We will no longer purchase Smart Balance.

SZKOL

Walnut Creek, CA

Used to taste good. Awful now.

GLV

Polk City, IA

Great product, my family loves it! Affordable and healthier than real butter! I buy these when they go on sale with a coupon and stock up. It freezes well and we don't ever pay full price. It is kind of pricey if you don't catch it on sale though. Just use a coupon.

mooseministries

Shelbyville, KY

Many margarines are pretty unhealthy, with partially hydrogenated vegetable oils added in.  These are considered "trans fats", the deadliest type of fat.  Smart Balance spreads nicely, tastes good, and melts fairly well on your cinammon toast!  Beware of any product with trans fats.

RonniJulien

Miami Beach, FL

I assume there are two primary reasons why people buy soft margarines: a) the softness and spreadability itself, and/or b) desirable dietary qualities, and possible impact on their health. And a third may be taste, although few who've acquired a taste for margarine over real butter seem to want to admit it. So, where does Smart Balance fall on this three point scale? Near the low end, I'm afraid. Having an extremely healthy cholesterol profile -- my doctor once remarked that my LDL reading is the lowest he's ever seen -- and being a near vegetarian, I don't worry much about the health/dietary impact of a small amount of margarine or butter (We do use these things in small amounts, yes? Or do people actually like to have foods larded up with oily substances, masking the true flavor of the foods we labor over and wish to enjoy?) And for those who do have concern, new FDA labeling requirements make it pretty easy to discern what's healthy and what isn't. But now that Unilever, the manufacturer of Smart Balance -- along with household soaps, cleaners, and various other marvels of industry -- has had it's chemists achieve absolutely no trans fat in its Smart Balance product, well, they're bragging it up on national television. This is fine, I suppose, and if you eat margarine by the tubful, it may contribute meaningfully to your health (if the resultant obesity doesn't still get'cha, somehow.) Of course if you use margarine in moderation, ask your doctor; I'm going to bet that he or she will tell you, the Country Crock and Blue Bonnet soft margarines are probably OK. Beyond Smart Balance's trivial statistical advantage there, it otherwise kind of misses the mark, in this reviewer's opinion. It hardly spreadable, unless you're comparing it to real butter that's kept in a very cold refrigerator, resists melting over hot vegetables as though it's candle wax, and it ain't much to right home about in terms of taste. Sorry, but that's the way it is --  unless you're absolutely OCD about the most minute contents of everything you consume, and have so convinced yourself that Smart Balance is a satisfactory substitute for butter, or even one of the better-tasting margarines out there.        

TheWiseGourmet

Denver, CO

I have tracked my progress in consuming Smart Balance and the results are in: It is without a doubt one of the most healtiest spreads one can comsume. My heal has improved, my HLD have increased. Thanks for a great product!

CavalainHawkins

Sylmar, CA

I've used many brands of margarine, which includes many of the trans fat free and light brands.  So far, I've found nothing else that tastes as good as this brand but that's actually healthy for you.  My only negative comment would be, if you want to use this brand to cook with, stay away from the "lite" formula.  It doesn't melt well.  I always use the regular and never use anything else.  You will pay a little more then you do for other brands but well with it.

vilesbec

Portland, OR

Okay, butter has two ingredients, cream and salt.  Smart Balance has the following: Water, natural oil blend (palm fruit, soybean, canola and olive oils), contains 2% or less of salt, veletable nonoglycerides and sorbitan ester of fattery acids (emulsifiers), soybean leacithin, potassium sorbate, actic acid (emulsifiers), soybean lecithin, potassium sorbate, lactic acid (to preserve freshness), natural and artificial flavors, calcum disodium EDTA, vitamin E(DL-a-tocopherol acetate), vitamin A palmitate, bitamin B6, vitamin B12, and Beta-carotene color. The fact is they put just enough vitamins in so we overlook all the chemically produced ingredients derived from corn and soy.  These products have been shown to mess with hormones and brain function.  Not so smart...

StillAWorkinProgress

Lawrenceville, GA

    "Don't eat so much butter!" That is a very common phrase that many of us hear from our elders, especially, for me, my parents.    The truth is, butter doesn't have to be bad for you. Smart Balance has offered a unique new product to the shelf: a healthier, more fit, type of butter. *Perfect!    *For me, when I use this type of butter, it allows me to feel better about the foods I eat. It makes me feel not-so-guilty as I eat that baked potato or piece of toast.     I would totally recommend Smart Balance to anyone who is looking for a healthier option.    Now there is only one thing left to say: "*Let's eat*!"

jenlovesart

Golva, ND