The Real Reason Why People Stopped Buying Lard

We're always looking for new ways to limit the amount of fat in our diet, and plenty of once-popular trends have disappeared due to concerns about fat content. Lard was once an extremely popular ingredient to cook with, but it eventually found itself replaced by Crisco, until that was found to be just as bad as lard, if not worse. Now, what's old is new again, and lard is staging a comeback, although it has more competition this time around. Before we learn if there will be a true lardaissance, we have to revisit its controversial history. Here's why people stopped buying lard.