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Planta is a brand of margarine produced by Flora Food Group for Belgium, France, Malaysia, and Portugal. It is made from vegetable oil consisting of rapeseed, maize, and sunflower. [1]
Planta was the first margarine to be imported into Malaysia in 1930. [2] [3]
In August 1960, tens of thousands of people in the Netherlands got sick and two died after eating Planta margarine, with the cause later being attributed to the use of a new additive; this came to be known as the Planta scandal in Europe. [4] [5] The product was rebranded as Brio and later as Bertolli in the Netherlands, though the name Planta was kept in other markets.[ citation needed ] Planta and the rest of Unilever's spread brands were later spun off into Upfield, which is now known as Flora Food Group.[ citation needed ]
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