Stork is a brand of margarine spread manufactured primarily from palm oil and water, owned by Upfield, except in southern Africa, where it is owned by the Remgro subsidiary Siqalo Foods. The location became known as Margarine Corner. Stork was launched in South Africa in 1950.

Trex is a brand of vegetable shortening and the closest UK equivalent to US Crisco. It’s available at most British supermarkets. If you can’t get your hands on Trex or Cookeen (the two main UK vegetable shortening brands in the UK), you might want to use an alternative. As a true baking fat, Cookeen can be found in the chiller cabinet at many major UK grocery retail outlets. Cookeen is another brand of vegetable shortening available in the United Kingdom. Sold by Princes Limited, this is a true baking fat made from 100% vegetable oils.

A list of mouth-watering and inspirational recipe suggestions can also be found to encourage consumers to expand their use of Cookeen further. Choose margarine made from vegetable oils rather than animals fats for the closest match to shortening. Butter

In general, you can substitute Crisco shortening for butter or margarine in equal amounts (1 cup Crisco shortening = 1 cup butter or margarine). Not only does Crisco shortening have 50% less saturated fat than butter and 0g trans fat per serving, it gives you higher, lighter-textured baked goods. Why is margarine worse than butter? Vegetable shortening gives the scones and also pastry a flaky texture which butter cannot replicate. It is usually used in combination with butter to give the best combination of flakiness and flavour. Vegetable oil is not s great substitute as it is too liquid and so cannot be rubbed or cut into the flour. Lard is the best substitute if you don't mind animal fats. If you can't get any of these then butter can be used but the texture of the scones will be slightly different.

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This generation to generation popularity is testament to the quality, convenience and innovation that goes into each and every product we produce. Vegetable shortening is a white, solid fat made from vegetable oils. In the UK it is sold under the brand names Trex, Flora White or Cookeen. In the US Crisco is the best known and there is also an organic solid vegetable shortening made by Earth Balance. Does Sainsbury’s sell Cookeen? Butter contains a lot of artery-clogging saturated fat, and margarine contains an unhealthy combination of saturated and trans fats, so the healthiest choice is to skip both of them and use liquid oils, such as olive, canola and safflower oil, instead. Does butter really raise cholesterol?