Parkay
Parkay is a margarine made by ConAgra Foods. It was introduced in 1937. It is available in spreadable, sprayable and squeezeable forms. Starting in 1973, a commercial was made for Parkay called "the talking tub", in which the tub first says "butter" when someone nearby says "Parkay", then says "Parkay" once someone says "butter". In 1999, an ad for Parkay used Al Franken and the talking tub using the Potato Taste Test dealing about Parkay's new formula, saying it was creamier than before. The "Talking Tub", originally animated in stop motion, was later rendered in CGI.
Prior to 1999, this brand was made by Kraft Foods.
The product label states that the product contains 0g trans fat. Yet the ingredients listed on the package include hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils. The Food and Drug Administration allows food manufacturers to claim "0g of trans fats," so long as each serving of the product has less than half a gram of trans fat.[1]
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- liquid soybean oil
- partially hydrogenated soybean oil
- water
- whey
- salt
- vegetable mono- and di- glycerides
- soy lecithin
- potassium sorbate
- sodium benzoate
- artificial flavor
- phosphoric acid
- vitamin a palmitate
- beta carotene (color and source of vitamin a)
As cited on FoodServiceDirect.com web site.[2]
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