Did you know that Rama is no longer margarine at all?

Did you also think Rama was margarine?

For several years now, the recipe for this has contained too little fat and too much water.

Did you know that Rama is actually not margarine at all?

At least not anymore.

Since former manufacturer Unilever replaced rapeseed oil with water to increase margin, Rama is no longer margarine.

Only the designation "three-quarter margarine" or spread fat would be appropriate.

Read below why the

center and

advise against consuming Rama anyway.

You can find out here whether it is better to use butter or margarine for baking.

Rama is becoming more and more expensive: According to the Hamburg Consumer Center, deceptive packaging in 2022

In the past 14 years, Rama has increased in price by 235 percent based on the actual fat content, as reported by the

advice center.

Why was Rama again – as in 2019 – chosen as a sham.

According to the report, the fat spread, which is now sold by the manufacturer Upfield, has been sold in packs of 400 grams rather than 500 grams for a few months.

However, the price has remained the same.

Consumers now pay 25 percent more for spreadable fat.

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Rama lost its status as a margarine a long time ago.

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According to the report, Rama has repeatedly increased prices in the past.

First in the traditional way by increasing the price, then by replacing the fat with water and now with a smaller capacity for the same price.

Whereas in 2008 you paid EUR 1.09 for 500 grams of Rama with 80 percent fat, the 400-gram pack with just 60 percent fat costs EUR 2.19 today.

Sustainability of Rama: according to the Hamburg Consumer Center only empty words

However, since the Rama manufacturer Upfield, according to the

advice center, wants to deceive customers by keeping the cup size the same, Rama has not only become significantly more expensive, but also much less sustainable, even if the company says it wants to make sustainability its flag: "We see it as our obligation to support responsible procurement, use of resources and production." However , the

Center clarifies:

Due to the reduction in filling quantity, significantly more cups are now required for the same amount of Rama.

1,000 tons of Rama must be filled in half a million more plastic cans.

Consumer Center Hamburg

This is tantamount to a "gigantic and senseless waste of resources," according to the report.

advice center also finds the description "100 percent natural ingredients"

inappropriate due to mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (E 471), which are usually chemically produced in the laboratory from fatty acids and glycerine.

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also reports that attempts were not only made at Rama to cover up price increases.

Other brands from the same company, such as Lätta, Sanella and Becel, are also affected.

According to the report, the price increases are between eleven and 25 percent, depending on the product and the filling quantity.

In 2017,

Rama awarded the quality rating "inadequate".

Becel received a "poor".

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