# Smart Balance

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Smart_Balance
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Smart_Balance.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Balance
> Source revision: 1335292564
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Smart Balance** is a company that manufactures products including [margarine](/source/Margarine) substitutes, flavored [microwave popcorn](/source/Microwave_popcorn), and [peanut butter](/source/Peanut_butter).[citation needed]

## Products

The products claim to have no [partially hydrogenated vegetable oils](/source/Partially_hydrogenated_vegetable_oil) added, no [trans fat](/source/Trans_fat),[1] and to be comparable in quality to vegetable oil based products.[citation needed]

The oils used in Smart Balance products contain low levels of naturally occurring trans fats, about 70 mcg of trans fat per serving. Some blends in this line include [fish oil](/source/Fish_oil), while some include only vegetable-based ingredients. The oil blend used in some of the products was developed at [Brandeis University](/source/Brandeis_University).[2]

## History

In 2012, Smart Balance acquired [Udi’s Healthy Foods](/source/Udi%E2%80%99s_Healthy_Foods), and the parent company was renamed [Boulder Brands](/source/Boulder_Brands).[3]

## References

1. According to the nutrition facts.

1. Author unknown (2005-01-31). Brandeis University News, 31 January 2005. Retrieved from ["Brandeis University :: News"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110719103613/http://my.brandeis.edu/news/item?news_item_id=103499). Archived from [the original](http://my.brandeis.edu/news/item?news_item_id%3D103499) on July 19, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2009..

1. Painter, Kristen Leigh (2012-10-03). ["Smart Balance moving headquarters to Boulder"](http://www.denverpost.com/ci_21684650/smart-balance-moving-headquarters-boulder). *The Denver Post*. Retrieved 2014-11-18.

## External links

- [Smart Balance web site](http://www.smartbalance.com/)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Smart Balance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Balance) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Balance?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.