Notice how white and pasty that industrial butter looks next to these better bright yellow butters!
from eatwild.com
Not all butters are created equal. These are a few examples of different butters. You can tell how vibrant the butter is that comes from pasture raised cows. That means it's full of vitamins from the rapidly growing green grass the cows are eating! Those cows make quite an amazing conversion for us! Living green grass to vitamin A, E, D, carotene, CLA and Omega 3's! It's really the nutritionally superior choice!
The industrial butter just can't compare in flavor or color. It usually comes from feed lot cows who eat an unnatural diet of soybeans and corn. It's really unfortunate. The cows don't like that food, and it's obvious in the less than glowing butter they produce. I've actually seen a brand of industrial butter that added "coloring" and "natural flavors" to it! Yuck! Butter that has to mimic itself is not real butter.
I suggest choosing the butter that appeals most to you in flavor and color. Aim for butter from cows raised on pasture in an additive free environment. Next best is "organic" butter. In the photo the organic butter is from Trader Joes, its not guaranteed pasture raised, but it certainly looks and tastes better than the Land o Lakes industrial butter. The cost is minimal when it comes to the benefits you are getting from the pure, pasture butters. (And its worth it in what you won't be getting from the industrial butter- hormones, antibiotics, pesticide residue from their unnatural feeds.) Try some brilliant yellow butter from pasture fed cows! It's the best choice!
5 comments:
Did you cut into the various butters and compare the color on the inside. Some of the very yellow ones look oxidized to me.
They were all just barely unwrapped. I'll cut into them for you next time. They really are *that* yellow.
i've read that some people don't recommend organic valley, but can't recall why. any ideas?
Susan, I wrote this blog post over a year ago- and that was when there was no trouble with organic valley. Others aren't recommending organic valley because they stopped allowing their small farmers to sell raw milk on the side to local customers. It's still a much better option than land o lakes!
thanks elizabeth! i'm remembering now. i agree it's still better than land o'lakes, or the "light butter" my sister had on the table at Christmas!
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