NOOO.. Not my BUTTER!

(Charlotte) #1

I gotta stock up while I can!! Costco here I come to buy you out!

(Eric) #2

I agree, it is a disaster. There are, however, a couple of US made “European Style” butters out there. Sometimes hard to find, though.

(Cancer Fighting Ketovore :)) #3

I really like their butter…just so expensive though :frowning:

#4

I think this tastes MUCH BETTER than kerrygold and for now it’s about the same price but will soon be cheaper . . .

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(Bob M) #5

I find it odd that we have to import butter at all. There are plenty of cows, why no grass-fed butter?

I am going to go to Costco this weekend, to stock up.

(Susan) #6

I do Keto as budget friendly as I can; and our Costco had Natrel Butter (in salted and unsalted) on sale on Friday night for $2.47 and I bought 6 of them.

(Jane- Old Inky Crone) #7

I agree, it sucks. Why is it so hard to find US made grass fed butter?

(Clint) #8

I’ve been purchasing Countryside Creamery Pure Irish butter at Aldi. Cheaper than Kerrygold and pretty darn good. Not sure if it will be affected by tariffs?

(Bunny) #9

Oh Noo not the cheese! :cry: :cheese:

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#10

Eat local. Churn our own butter?

#11

I used to make my own butter. HWC in a stand mixer on low for about 20 minutes. It wasn’t grass fed but it was delicious.

I use the one @Hap mentioned above and it’s really good too.

(Wendy) #12

Alas I have no cow or grass fed milk. :confused:

(Charlotte) #13

If its imported from Ireland then it’ll have tariffs.

(PJ) #14

There was a company that sold the best butter I ever tasted in my life, grass-fed, many years ago. They were pointedly targeted by the heavies in the dairy industry to put them out of business, but they survived, only to have the only buyer for skim milk (the result of the butter making process) get paid by a big corp to NOT buy their stuff anymore, which made it impossible for them to afford. The USA powers that be in dairy really just don’t want grassfed butter made available apparently. They love tariffs on foreign butter since most the grassfed stuff comes from overseas.

Any US-brand grassfed butter deserves better marketing and distribution. Aside from that one I found online that is no longer available, Kerrygold has the market because probably for many people, like me, they are the ONLY grass-fed butter I can find. I used to pay 7 bucks a bar for it (8oz) – online plus shipping! I nearly fainted with joy when Walmart started carrying the stuff, and at 3-something price! Sad that it’s going up. I will see if I can buy some in advance.

#15

Does it still say this under the lid?

Kerrygold Spreadable is made from a blend of Kerrygold Pure Irish butter and Canola oil.

(Charlotte) #16

@FrankoBear I don’t buy spreadable butter. I buy the bricks that are rock hard when I pull them out of the fridge. When I tasted the butter the very first time, I could taste the grass so I know its legit. Plus, my husband and I drove around the country 4 years ago for our honeymoon and for a week I saw first hand and smelled (lol) that the whole central region of the country there is absolutely tons of cows in pastures. The only time they supplement with grain is during the winter because they get a lot of snow so the cows can’t graze but that’s typical of every farming technique that gets snow.

Off topic note:
It’s an amazing and beautiful country. The west side of the country is filled with sheep farming. You gotta drive slow outside the villages because you never know if there will be a flock around the corner. I loved every minute of being there. After visiting Ireland and seeing it first hand, I trust Kerrygold and Irish products. We even went to the Jameson Distillery for a day and sampled the different whiskeys. My husband is a huge Jameson fan. We brought home several bottles of whiskey you can’t get in the US.

My favorite part of Ireland were the cheese shops… They are so awesome… The smell of stinky cheeses melted my heart. I fell in love with goat cheese while I was there. Dingle is a must visit west coastal town. We spent 2 days there and I want to go back. Out of all the countries I have been to, Ireland and Italy have been my favorite.

Editted to add OT note.

(David Jackson) #17

I like this one also.

Also, my local Kroger carries “Amish rolled butter”. It’s about $9 for two pounds.

Another thing, if you’re making ghee, just get a bunch of unsalted butter from ALDI.

(Bob M) #18

That supposedly is a marketing ploy. It’s rolled by Amish workers, but not from grass-fed cows.

@RightNOW I can find some grass-fed butter, and some local butter. There’s a place called Arethusa Farms:

They have cultured butter. But I mainly use butter for cooking, so the culturing doesn’t make sense. And their butter is expensive, relative to getting Kerry Gold from Costco.

It’s like cream. It’s very difficult to find a cream that’s only cream (no additives at all). Once you find that, it’s at least a dollar more per quart than the others. And then there’s the sublime cream from the local farm. It’s truly delicious. But it’s double the price of the cream that’s only cream and from a large manufacturer.

Let’s hope that if the tariffs really do take effect that someone will step up and get us what we want. I’d say the “free market” would step in here, but the market really isn’t “free”.

(PJ) #19

On that attack against Kerrygold: turns out that was mostly a bogus marketing thing pushed by competition. During the winter, they augment grass with grain OR THE COWS WOULD STARVE, this is normal. This does not make them not grassfed.

(PJ) #20

Thanks for the ref Hap. I see that it’s technically on the Walmart website, but they do not have it near my location. bummer!