Where to buy Kerry Gold?

(Rachel Fetter) #21

I just picked some up at Target yesterday.

(James storie) #22

If Iā€™m not mistaken, the softer butter is blended with canola oil! Nooooooooo!

(Sophie) #23

I thought this too, so Iā€™ve avoided it like the plague! :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

(matt ) #24

Seems not

(Susan) #25

Today I went to ALDI to buy eggs (they were $0.35 a dozen, with a limit of 6!) and found KerryGold in the foil package thereā€¦bought 2 packages. Now if I can just track down the individually wrapped portions will have it made.

(Susan) #26

The tubs I buy at Samā€™s are just cream and salt, thank goodness.

(jilliangordona) #27

I have yet to see these ANYWHERE!

(James storie) #28

Wow! The only time Iā€™ve looked (itā€™s been probably 2 years ago) they had the canola oil. Now Iā€™m going to have to check it out!

(Sophie) #29

Ah ha! See, I started using Kerry Gold 6yrs ago and they did use canola in the tubs! Nice to know that they stopped doing that. I have seen the big tubs at Sams. Now I might consider one if itā€™s cost effective! Thanks!

Iā€™ve also seen it at Aldiā€™s but only maybe once or twice. Itā€™s never been consistent. :confused:

(James storie) #30

My world would be complete if Aldi consistently carried Kerry gold products! :laughing:

#31

Kroger has it in the cheese and imported section near the deli and not with the rest of the butter, but their also overcharging for it at almost $5! I get mine at Walmart for like $2.99 I think. Gotta stock up!

#32

Food Lion carrying Kerrygold? They really are trying to step it up! Iā€™ve noticed all the ones around here are remodeling trying not to look so run down. They got a LOT of competition in my area.

(Lauren) #33

I know! I am continually shocked that FoodLion stays in business here, competing with the plethora of Krogers and Publixes. They even built a brand new one recently. I only walk to the one near me if I NEED just one thing that canā€™t wait.

(Susan) #34

The Food Lion I went to yesterday had a 2-pk of stick KerryGold ā€” $3.29. Almost got one even thought had just bought 2 packages at ALDI earlier, think it was the same price for the foil-wrapped version, and still have half a tub left of the softer version. Beginnings of addiction? :grinning:

(Mary Ann) #35

Mine too! This freaked me out! I had to go checkā€¦ :slight_smile:

#36

I found the sticks at my local Wal-Mart recently too. I paid around that price, maybe a tad more. I love it because it fits easily in my butter keeper. I ate a whole stick of it by myself in a few days with some keto (cinnamon) flatbread. Yummy!!

(Vesa McD) #37

I live in Finland and unfortunately donā€™t have access to Kerry Gold, but thereā€™s still a strong point Iā€™m going to try to make.

Iā€™ll get to the point first, then give details in case anyone is interested.

The same temperature butter is much softer and spreads better here in Finland in the summer months (Iā€™ve noticed it now, in mid-July) than in the winter months. I also believe the softer butter is much healthier.

We do have very bright summers where the grass grows faster and cows are out all day and night grazing (Iā€™ve been on my uncleā€™s dairy farm enough to know). We also have dark icy frozen winters when cows canā€™t graze at all, sadly.

After reading about Weston A. Priceā€™s work on grass fed dairy products years ago, he talks about vitamins A, D, E and K2 (although he didnā€™t call it that at the time) that is only available in high quantities in grass-fed cows during the spring and summer months. Just recently Iā€™ve noticed this in our normal store butters. The ā€œwinter versionā€ is rock hard and needs to thaw when taken from the fridge. The ā€œsummer versionā€ is easily spreadable, despite the same temperature fridge and room.

My point is, look for the softer brands of pure butter and it will likely be the healthier one. Wait 'til your brand becomes softer and then stock up. You can make ghee (longer shelf life) or freeze butter if you have a large enough freezer to last through the winter. The price might even be cheaper in the summer since cows donā€™t need/get as much supplementary grains in the summer as winter.

If Iā€™d have a large enough freezer Iā€™m sure Iā€™d stock up now.

It really is a night and day difference. Thoughts?

(Nick) #38

Itā€™s an interesting idea. Youā€™re sure this softness is actually a difference in the butter, and not just a difference in room temperature during summer? :stuck_out_tongue:

Kerrygold is produced in Ireland, where the farming practices are likely similar to what youā€™ve observed in Finland. I know from my uncleā€™s farm in Ireland that cows are free to roam the fields and eat grass in summer, but in winter theyā€™re kept indoors and fed silage instead.

Kerrygoldā€™s website says their silage is grass-based, but they admit the cowsā€™ feed is supplemented with grains.

Almost 85 per cent of an Irish cowā€™s diet is from rich, natural grass. To maintain health and wellbeing, the cowā€™s grass-based diet is supplemented by supplementary feed.

from http://www.kerrygold.co.uk/home/our-story/

(What Iā€™d like to know is whether Kerrygold is really any worse or better than other Irish, British, and French butters that I can buy just as easily in local shops. Beurre Dā€™Isigny anyone?)

(Vesa McD) #39

Iā€™m sure of the room temperature being the same, but hardness of the butter has been different. I think I might even try a 1 year experiment where I buy butter every month (or every 2 weeks) for a year and label each month to see how they differ. Throw them into the deep freezer, pull them out next year around this time, and test to see when it would be best (flavour, colour and softness). Unfortunately I think our freezer might be too small for such an experiment.