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Alternatives for butter
Butter is produced by introducing cream to increase the risk it hardens. It can be used as a spread for bread, to coat cooked vegetables or meat, or to make a flavoring for cooking or baking. One tablespoon butter, which provides 100 calories, 11 grams of fat, no protein, and 0 carbohydrates.
Nondairy butter substitutes with comparable nutritional content either come from vegetable oils or coconut. In some cases, they even have calories that are comparable to butter. However, not all plant-based alternatives have comparable proteins or carbs to butter.
Nut and seed butter, including nuts and sunflower kernel butter, are options, depending on what you want to use for cooking. Here’s a breakdown of how these butter alternatives break down per one-tablespoon serving:
Vegetable oil blends: Minimal to 50 calories and 6 to 11 grams of fat, zero grams of protein, and zero grams of carbs.
Coconut butter: 105-130 kcal, 10-14 g of fat, 0-2g of protein, and 0-8 g of carbs per portion.
Cultured vegan butter: 90 calories, 10 grams of fat, zero grams of protein, and zero grams of carbs.