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Why, when I transfer my low-fat spread on to my knife, does it form this pattern...

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Why, when I transfer my low-fat spread on to my knife, does it form this pattern, especially when it鈥檚 taken from a new tub?

Alicia Bryant Chelmsford, Essex, UK

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