Hera Classic 250 g is a plant-based spread designed primarily for baking and cooking. It is a versatile spread suitable for making doughs, creams, sauces and other dishes where traditional butter or margarine is used.
🧪 Ingredients and allergens
✔️ Ingredients:
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Palm fat
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Vegetable oils (rapeseed, sunflower – in varying proportions)
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Water
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Emulsifiers: sunflower lecithin, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
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Table salt (0.2 %)
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Natural flavouring
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Lactic acid
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Vitamins A and D
Note: the ingredients list does not accurately reflect the addition of flavourings and vitamins, but the manufacturer’s source does not specify dairy ingredients directly in the name.
⚠️ Allergens:
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May contain milk-derived ingredients (e.g. natural flavourings or emulsifiers; some variants list whey) – it is recommended to check the label on the specific pack.
📊 Nutritional values (approximate per 100 g)
| Nutrient | Per 100 g |
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| Energy | ~2590 kJ / 619 kcal |
| Fat | ~70 g |
| – of which saturated fatty acids | ~33 g |
| Carbohydrates | ~0.5 g |
| – of which sugars | ~0.5 g |
| Protein | ~0 g |
| Salt | ~0.20 g |
| Vitamin A | ~800 µg |
| Vitamin D | ~7.5 µg |
| (Values may vary slightly depending on the recipe and market.) |
➡️ Hera Classic is therefore an energy-rich fat consisting mainly of vegetable fats; it is low in carbohydrates and contains no protein.
🍽️ Taste and uses
✔️ Taste: delicate, neutral with a light buttery aroma – ideal where you want the richness and smoothness of fat but don’t want the full milky flavour of traditional butter.
✔️ Texture: smooth, spreadable even at room temperature.
Recommended uses:
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🍰 Baking: cakes, buns, biscuits, sponge fingers.
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🍞 Dough: yeast-raised and plain dough.
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🍨 Cream fillings: cakes, custards and desserts.
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🍳 Cooking: sauces and other hot dishes where fat is used.
Hera is generally suitable as a substitute for butter or part of the butter in recipes – particularly where the consistency and softness of the dough are important.
🧊 Storage
➡️ Store at a temperature of up to +15 °C (may also be kept in a cool place).
➡️ Once opened, reseal the packaging and use by the date shown on the label.
🧠 Summary
Hera Classic 250 g is a vegetable-based spreadable fat (a vegetable alternative to butter) particularly suitable for baking and cooking. It is high in fat and low in carbohydrates and protein, with a delicate flavour and smooth texture. 🍰🍞 If you’re baking cakes, tarts or preparing dough, you can use it as a substitute for butter or combine it with another fat to achieve the desired flavour and texture.
💡 Tip: Hera is a favourite in traditional Czech confectionery – thanks to its texture, it often helps to produce a lighter and more tender dough than when using pure butter.
