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I picked up two containers of the soy free EB for holiday baking. Fingers crossed.

The last 3-4 tubs I've purchased of the soy-free have been totally fine. I think they fixed it!

apparently i go through a 45 oz tub in 2 months WITHOUT using it for baking. good to know. (i do love toast)

so i took one for the team, and got another big tub. i've been using it for toast, and it seems fine. i'll let you know how it acts in cookies. (the outside of the cookie should protect the flax oil on the inside from getting too hot and becoming denatured. but then there's a large relative surface area on cookies as opposed to cupcakes and such.) :-/

here's the code on my tub: nov 05 13 M7 20:51

All the stuff I've had has tasted bad from the start. It didn't go bad in baked goods.

Every time I see this thread I get scared. I seriously go through 2-3 pounds a WEEK and would be so royally screwed if the stuff I'm buying started tasting bad.

I might have to move to memphis...

i've been lucky so far with my EB buttery sticks. however, i did buy another pack a couple of days ago, fingers crossed the flax in it has not gone rancid!

so how is your earth balance lately? i'm going to buy another few tubs this weekend, and i want to know if i need to taste it before heading home. (i also want to pass the news along to cookie bakers at the cookie brigade whether they should still avoid it, since PAX east is in 2 weeks.)

I'm only buying the soy free right now since it tastes better. I bought a regular tub from whole foods last month and it was gross.

well i bought some whipped a day or so ago, haven't opened it up yet, but i believe you clarified that the whipped doesn't have the flax seed oil so then there is no chance for rancidity.

i haven't went though my EB sticks yet, but i did notice, that i wasn't having problems because at least 2 different times my lot numbers were exactly the same. i guess i don't really use a lot of EB sticks. the baking recipes i use tend to naturally use oil..... fingers crossed this issue has been resolved.

Most of the time I use Becel's vegan margarine instead of Earth Balance in order to avoid trans fats, so I was very confused today when I saw Earth Balance advertising its products on its website as having no trans fat. I mean, the trans fat content is written right on the containers I see in the stores!

By searching further, I found out that Canada (where I live) doesn't have the same regulations as the US concerning trans fats. So in the US, Earth Balance is allowed saying its products have no trans fats, but in Canada, they must indicate there is trans fat if there is at least 0,1 g of it by portion. Which means Canada considers even 0,1 g to be cause for concern (which fits with what I read before to the effect that trans fat is dangerous even in very small doses).

Just an explanation in case someone else gets confused like I was :)