Where can I buy good quality butter? The usual stuff is so bad now!

[alohamom]

Does anyone have any suggestions for GOOD quality butter that bakes well?


Basically I noticed an issue with butter last christmas when my shortbread didn't cook correctly.
I also noticed that the butter I was buying was not browning correctly.
It didn't taste the same to me either.
My family thought I had finally lost it, I complained every time I baked!

Then I started to hear about "Buttergate"
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/24/971018428/baffled-canadians-spread-reports-of-hard-butterThis article and other news sources say that the root cause is palm oil in livestock feed.
I know that the new trade agreement that was made with the USA was very negative for Canadian dairy farmers so I really hope this isn't so that they can compete
Idk if that is true but I do know my butter is hard as a rock, doesn't spread, doesn't brown correctly and doesn't bake like it used to.


I have tried all of the big brands, some store brands, grass fed and organic.
I even spent a small fortune on the COWS brand from PEI
Some of the grass fed ones are ok but they are all really really expensive and just not the same.

I want my real butter back!

Does any one have any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[quandrea]

You’ll have to go with the really expensive stuff. I vowed I’d switch to the grass fed organic, but I didn’t keep it up. Our grocery bills are already so high. I can’t justify $11 for a pound of butter.

 

[alohamom]

I vowed I’d switch to the grass fed organic, but I didn’t keep it up.

Do you have a particular brand that you have used and liked?
I don't mind spending more for my Christmas shortbread, I don't want to play roulette with the ingredients!
I was thinking of heading to whole food or a place like that and buying a few different ones to compare.

 

[quandrea]

I liked the Organic Meadow brand. I think Longo’s carries it. I too will probably purchase it for my Christmas shortbread. You really notice the butter used there.

 

[BadPinkTink]

If you can get it, Irish butter called Kerrygold. Its just the normal everyday butter here in Ireland, but apparently in America it is high quality. Its salted butter and its whats used in home baking in Ireland.

 

[mommasita]

If you can get it, Irish butter called Kerrygold. Its just the normal everyday butter here in Ireland, but apparently in America it is high quality. Its salted butter and its whats used in home baking in Ireland.

I love this butter

 

[alohamom]

I liked the Organic Meadow brand. I think Longo’s carries it. I too will probably purchase it for my Christmas shortbread. You really notice the butter used there.

If you can get it, Irish butter called Kerrygold. Its just the normal everyday butter here in Ireland, but apparently in America it is high quality. Its salted butter and its whats used in home baking in Ireland.

Thanks so much to you both, I will try to find them.

 

[BadPinkTink]

I love this butter

its so funny, the company started in the 1960's and its the butter my grandmothers used and taught me how to cook and bake with. But now, in the last few years, its become this big trend in America.

 

[alohamom]

Any suggestions as to where to buy Kerrygold butter in the GTA?

 

[alohamom]

I tried this one last week and it tasted like it was off, kind of sour.
It came in a little glass jar with a snap lid which i just loved but yikes, what a waste of money.

 

[BadPinkTink]

Any suggestions as to where to buy Kerrygold butter in the GTA?

Apparently you can buy it on Amazon

I would just look in your normal grocery store, maybe in the organic / world food or specialty section. It seems to be fairly easy to find

 

[hdrolfe]

I believe Kerrygold used to be in Costco but haven't shopped there in awhile.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Organic Meadow all day long! It's from a small business in Guelph -- kinda partial to that

Their products are amazing, nothing but what needs to be in the product, cream is CREAM, period. Just look at the labels of whipping cream in the carton the next time you shop. No preservatives so you can't buy it and stock up.

You can find their products at Metro, Zehrs (none of the other PC stores, just Zehrs), Longos, Farmboy & Sobeys in the organic/health section (Our metro tends to just put it in the dairy section)

 

[bcwife76]

Apparently you can buy it on Amazon

I would just look in your normal grocery store, maybe in the organic / world food or specialty section. It seems to be fairly easy to find

$54 on Amazon Canada silly old Amazon....nope nope nopey nope lol I've definitely seen it at Superstore/Independent Grocer.

 

[alohamom]

Their products are amazing, nothing but what needs to be in the product, cream is CREAM, period.

That is what I thought too Jaqueline but I guess what has happened is that some large dairy farms are feeding palm oil feed filler to their cows and it is making its way into the cream which then makes the butter firmer and less of a true butter

 

[DLgal]

I believe Kerrygold used to be in Costco but haven't shopped there in awhile.

I don't live in Canada, but I've been buying Kerrygold at Costco for years now. It's sold in 2lb boxes for $12.99 USD. They have both salted and unsalted here.

 

[ronandannette]

I tried this one last week and it tasted like it was off, kind of sour.
It came in a little glass jar with a snap lid which i just loved but yikes, what a waste of money.View attachment 608167

Notice the label says it's "cultured" butter, which means it's made with sour cream (not the commercial kind). That's what produces the tang and if you don't care for it, avoid butter described as "cultured". Regular dairy butter is not cultured.

 

[ronandannette]

$54 on Amazon Canada silly old Amazon....nope nope nopey nope lol I've definitely seen it at Superstore/Independent Grocer.

And if you looked closely, that's $54 for 1/2 lb. (8oz).
Amazon.ca : kerrygold butter

 

[bcwife76]

And if you looked closely, that's $54 for 1/2 lb. (8oz).
Amazon.ca : kerrygold butter

Oh wow I didn't even notice it was only HALF a pound

 

[pigletto]

Ugh Palm oil . It’s so so bad for the environment and the rainforest deforestation for the palm oil industry is truly frightening. Once I was made aware of how awful the stuff is I tried to avoid it. Well good luck as it’s in EVERYTHING. Can’t help you with butter woes but just wanted to commiserate on the evils of palm oil.