黃油替代品，1873年，源自法語 margarine（見 margarin）。由法國科學家 Hippolyte Mège-Mouries 於1869年發明，部分由可食用的脂肪和油製成。
The "enterprising merchant" of Paris, who sells Margarine as a substitute for Butter, and does not sell his customers by selling it as Butter, and at Butter's value, has very likely found honesty to be the best policy. That policy might perhaps be adopted with advantage by an enterprising British Cheesemonger. ["Punch," Feb. 21, 1874]
巴黎的“有進取心的商人”將人造黃油作爲黃油的替代品出售，並不以黃油的價格出售給顧客，這樣做可能會發現誠實是最好的策略。這種策略或許可以被有進取心的英國奶酪商採用。["Punch," Feb. 21, 1874]
