Can you bake with Benecol?
Yes. Benecol Buttery taste spread and Olive spread are great to use in baking and can be easily ‘switched’ into your favourite heart healthy recipes.
What is Benecol spread made of?
Ingredients. Rapeseed Oil, Water, Plant Stanol Ester (plant stanols 6.6g/100g), Responsibly sourced palm oil, Buttermilk Powder, Salt (1%), Emulsifiers (Mono and diglycerides of fatty acids, Sunflower lecithin), Natural flavourings, Acidity regulator (citric acid), Colour (carotenes), Vitamin A, Vitamin D3.
Can you use Benecol instead of butter?
Benecol has a range of great tasting spreads available to suit your individual needs, tastes and cooking requirements. With a choice of Light, Buttery taste and Olive, our spreads are the perfect cholesterol friendly substitute for butter or margarine.
Is Benecol any good?
Absolutely! More than 80 independent clinical studies prove that plant stanol ester – the active ingredient in Benecol – can reduce cholesterol. 67 of these studies are randomised placebo -controlled trials (RCTs), which are regarded as the ‘gold standard’ of scientific evidence, and for good reason!
Can Benecol be frozen?
Only Benecol Buttery Spread and Benecol Olive Spread can be frozen. The remainder of the Benecol product range is not suitable for freezing.
What are the worst foods for high cholesterol Australia?
Foods high in (unhealthy) saturated fats include:
- deep fried fast foods.
- processed foods (such as biscuits and pastries)
- takeaway foods (such as hamburgers and pizza)
- fat on meat and skin on chicken.
- ghee, lard and copha.
- coconut oil.
- palm oil (often called vegetable oil in products)cream and ice cream.
- butter.
Is Benecol unhealthy?
Raisio claims that Benecol has no side-effects, although some studies have suggested that it lowers levels of carotenoids such as vitamin A. They say 200,000 people in Finland have eaten their product daily for three years without ill effects.
Is butter better than Benecol?
Next time you tear into a warm loaf of bread or roll, consider dipping it in olive oil rather than coating it in butter. If you’re trying to lower your cholesterol, stanol-based spreads (for example, Benecol and Take Control) are even better, since regular use can help lower LDL cholesterol levels.
Is Benecol better for you than butter?
Can you drink 2 Benecol a day?
Scientific studies show that a daily intake of up to 9g of plant stanols per day is as safe as consuming the current recommended daily amount of 1.5-3g plant stanols per day, so you don’t need to worry, if you’ve got carried away and occasionally enjoy too many Benecol products.
What Benecol products are there?
Benecol products include yogurts, yogurt and soya drinks, spreads and fruit and nut/oat bars, all of which have plant stanol ester added to them to help you achieve the 1.5-3g of plant stanols each day – the amount needed to see a reduction in cholesterol.
Is Benecol® a registered trademark?
BENECOL® is a registered trademark of Raisio, plc Finland | All claims and content of this site are the opinion of Olivio Premium Products Corp. intended for visitors from the United States and may differ from those of the Raisio Group plc. Disclosure: as an Amazon Associate Benecol® USA earns from qualifying purchases.
Is Benecol better by nature?
Better By Nature. Benecol® Products contain a plant-based ingredient called plant stanol which have been proven to reduce cholesterol in more than 70 clinical studies, including reports published in The New England Journal of Medicine and the American Journal of Cardiology. Plant stanols partially block cholesterol from being absorbed.
Does Benecol contain trans-fat?
Yes, Benecol contains 0.5g of trans-fat per serving. How many calories are in Benecol? The calories in Benecol chews are 20 per serving and the spread contains 70 per serving. How many grams of sugar are in Benecol?
Is Benecol® buttery spreads good for You?
Per the FDA, foods like Benecol® with at least 0.5g per serving of plant stanols eaten with meals or snacks for a daily total intake of 2g, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce blood total cholesterol and the risk of heart disease. One serving of Benecol® Buttery Spreads supplies 0.5g of plant stanols.