Answer: Yes
Nucoa is a butter substitute product that has been on the market for many, many years. It was and still is vegan. Recent reformulations have even made it healthier. Great!
Ingredients: Liquid Soybean Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Emulsifiers (Vegetable Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin), Artificial Flavors, Calcium Disodium Edta and Citric Acid, Vitamin A Palmitate, Colored With Beta-carotene (Provitamin A).
Sources: vrg.org, amazon.com.
Smart Balance has used the Nucoa name to make these new “buttery” sticks. They taste really horrible and nothing like the original nucoa that is so well loved by millions. The new nucoa contains a lactic acid that is not something that lactose intolerant people can eat. The original nucoa was milk product free. Do not be fooled by the name. This is NOT Nucoa.