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margarine

semi-solid oily spread often used as a butter substitute
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Summary

margarine ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,767 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès[2]
  • Made from material: vegetable oil[3]
  • Subclass of: margarine and similar edible fats[4], Margarines, spreads, mayonnaise and other fatty emulsion products[5], fat spread[6], vegetable fat[7]
  • Has use: spread[8], food ingredient[9]
  • Commons category: Margarine[10]
  • Country of origin: France[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Margarine[12]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[15]

Why It Matters

margarine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] margarine is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

France Van den Berghs and Jurgens, Ltd. Van den Bergh's en Jurgen's Fabrieken N.V.

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . Q26856897. wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 76
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bjn', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'da'
    Foodon id → 03301672
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Foodon id: 03301672, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/180483850|margarine (#180483850)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5485|FoodOn ID]] #mix'n'ma"
  2. 8w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open food facts food category id → en:margarines, margarines
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Open food facts food category id: margarines, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787294338286"
  3. 11w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open food facts ingredient id → margarine, en:margarine
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Open food facts ingredient id: en:margarine, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/86538582|Margarine (#86538582)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3356|Open Foo"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1T86Ei
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → margarine
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: margarine, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941984|margarine (#289941984)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → France
    Subclass of → margarine and similar edible fats, Margarines, spreads, mayonnaise and other fatty emulsion products, fat spread +1
    Aliases → —
    Simulates → butter
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 15314, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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