A bit lost with Norwegian goods. What do you think about those two? Especially I don’t get what Hollandaise sauce is and 17% of butter there looks sus

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1. The first product, melange, is a mostly plant oil based butter substitute, intended for cooking. It also comes in a block, looking similar to butter.

   Hollandaise is a traditional sauce of French origin: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollandaise_sauce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollandaise_sauce) In Norway it is often used with fish. I have never seen this 1L carton though.

2. Melange is used as replacement for butter when cooking, its made with Rapeseed oil and a few more additions (there are some variations that contain a small percentage of butter).

   Hollandaise sauce is something entirely different, its a type of sauce made with eggs, butter and lemon, commonly eaten with eggs benedict or in germany its eaten together with asparagus during the season.

3. i saw yesterday on x-tra they are %40 discounted. i like to buy real butter and olive oil and mixing it. it’s almost same price.

4. Hollandaise is a sauce for fish dishes.
   Melange is “liquid butter” for baking and cooking.

   They are not the same

5. Melange is very popular for cooking. Though I’ve never been a fan, I prefer to actually use butter.

   Hollandaise is one of the five french mother sauces. Packet looks fancy so I guess it’s passable/ok, at least when considering it’s store bought.

6. Adding some crucial information about Melange, since no one has specified it yet: Melange is a brand of margarine.

7. Regular butter is “meierismør”. Most common brand is Tine, found at Extra, Coop, REMA etc. in blocks. You usually have two options, salted (golden one) or “usaltet”, unsalted (silver one). Melange is more for baking, can be bought in blocks as well and it combines vegetable oils.

8. In Germany we use Sauce Hollandaise as sauce for Asparagus

9. Why are these two items being compared? What am I missing? One is a sauce, the other is a liquid margarine.