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I am searching for butter to make my homemade ghee. I know Kerrygold unstalted butter is the top choice (given Irish cows are mostly grass fed), but it's a little hard to get around my area. so I saw this Unsalted butter from Horizon http://www.horizondairy.com/ at my local market and wonder if their cows are grass fed.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

flag	asked Feb 24 2011 at 17:43 Jos 243●2●9

	My nearest TJs is an hour and a half away :( I try to get up there every couple of months; I stock up on the unsalted Kerrygold and freeze it. BTW, I really like your blog! Love the colorful pics. – Jules K Feb 24 2011 at 18:38
	Thanks for visiting! :) – Jos Feb 24 2011 at 20:07
	I just visited yor website too Jos! Cool stuff. Hey funny you must be the one who posted that one thing about the macadamia nuts in cottonseed oil. lol. Also, with your first ghee, it sounds like you just ended up with clarified butter, which is good, but if you let it simmer a wee bit longer on low, the ghee will become very rich with flavor. The first 3 times I made 'ghee', I think I made clarified butter. on the 4th try, I cooked it for about 10 extra minutes and it is much more delicious :) – Jack Kronk Feb 24 2011 at 21:42
	I don't know if Horizon is grassfed (I doubt it, though), but if you can find Woodstock Farms organic, that is grassfed, at least partially. It's not labeled as such on the box, but a company rep told me that it is. It's dark enough and flavorful enough that I believe her, though Kerrygold, Trickling Springs, and local raw butter are still better. – WordVixen Feb 25 2011 at 7:36
	@Jack Kronk: Yup that was me who posted that macadamia nuts in EVIL oil..:) thanks for visiting my blog! I'm going to get more KG unsalted butter so I'd cook it a bit longer to get that rich flavor ghee! – Jos Feb 25 2011 at 16:48

Lindsay · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-24 19:12:24Z UTC

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Horizon is not good milk, not grass fed. You might want to see if you can find Straus Dairy where you're at. What local stores do you have? Alberstons, Safeway? Little health-food stores? Most places will order things for you if their distributor chain carries them.

http://www.pastureland.coop/

answered Feb 24 2011 at 19:12

Lindsay
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There are Albertsons, Ralphs, Food 4 Less, Fresh and Easy, Vons but I don't shop there at all..mostly I shop either at local Asian market or Mediterranean market. I'd stock up KG butter, and would love to get a wholesale on it if it's cheaper (my Costco only carries the salted ones) – Jos Feb 24 2011 at 20:10

Cheryl - Diabetes Bootcamp · Answer 2 · 2011-02-25 03:00:54Z UTC

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Horizon is a brand of Dean Foods. You decide if you trust that.

answered Feb 25 2011 at 3:00

Cheryl - Diabetes Bootcamp
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Jack Kronk · Answer 3 · 2011-02-24 18:01:20Z UTC

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Humbolt Creamery and Organic Valley makes a pasture butter. OV is very popular and available at Whole Foods all over the place.

http://www.organicvalley.coop/products/butter/pasture/

answered Feb 24 2011 at 18:01

Jack Kronk
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	Thanks..I checked OV and some asian market also carries it..there's no WF around where I live unfortunately. – Jos Feb 24 2011 at 18:17
	*Humboldt ;) I can attest to the grass-fed nature of their cows; I drive past them on my way to school every day. Their butter is very good, too. :) – Kaz Feb 24 2011 at 19:06

WyldKard · Answer 4 · 2011-02-24 17:52:01Z UTC

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Their cows have "access" to pasture, but that's not the same as pasture-raised. Plus, Horizons sources their milk from a number of company and non-company owned farms, so it's highly doubtful that all the cows (even if some) are entirely grass-fed.

Where are you buying the milk at? We've had luck in buying milk in glass containers - the bottle doesn't say it, but the brand we buy (can't think of it at the moment) supposedly sources milk from grass-fed cows.

answered Feb 24 2011 at 17:52

WyldKard
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	Oberweiss? Delicious milk, expensive, never looked into whether or not it's grass fed. Their distribution may also not be that wide... – Casey Feb 24 2011 at 17:58
	I don't usually buy milk...the only store that carries Kerrygold butter around my area is TJ (reasonable price) but I don't go there too often either – Jos Feb 24 2011 at 18:17
	Kent, I'll check the brand when I get home. It's more expensive, but most of the milks sold in glass bottles have a deposit of at least a dollar, which you get back when you return the bottle. So ultimately, the milk itself isn't that much more expensive. – WyldKard Feb 24 2011 at 18:48
	AFAIK butter keeps well in the freezer, so you don't need to go to TJ too often. If you find Kerrygold or Organic Valley Pastured (not Cultured), buy a whole bunch! – Michael Feb 24 2011 at 19:31
	As far as I know, Organic Valley only offers a cultured pasture butter, meaning that they do not offer an uncultured pasture butter. Kerrygold is cultured as well. – Jack Kronk Feb 24 2011 at 21:44

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Shari Bambino · Answer 5 · 2011-02-24 20:04:17Z UTC

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I agree that Horizon is not a good choice at all. I keep nagging my local stores to stop carrying the brand entirely but it's unfortunately a big seller. Keep looking (or buy a bigger freezer so you can REALLY stock up on the KG!)

answered Feb 24 2011 at 20:04

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thaneverbefore · Answer 6 · 2011-02-24 18:38:43Z UTC

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I saw a bad review here: http://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/FarmID_134.html

They also have ratings for a lot of other dairy: http://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html

answered Feb 24 2011 at 18:38

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