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I've been eating plenty of Kerrygold butter, which I understand is grass-fed, but not raw. I absolutely love it. But when my grass-fed farmer started carrying raw dairy products, I eagerly bought some raw butter. OMG, I absolutely hated it! I could barely choke down my eggs the next morning. How much nutrition am I missing out on by just eating the delicious Kerrygold grass-fed butter that's not raw? I'm so disappointed that I didn't like the raw.

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Maybe if you fry up some kidneys in it the butter will taste good in comparison. – gydle Nov 13 2011 at 19:47

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Think about it, you're using raw butter to cook with... – Matt Nov 13 2011 at 20:09

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Pasteurized and non-pasteurized dairy are basically the same except for the wulzen-factor, but if you cook it at all the wulzen-factor is gone. Pasteurization is basically cooking it but doesn't reach high temperatures like frying/baking does. Cooking does more harm than pasteurization. – cliff Nov 13 2011 at 20:51

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Cliff is right, pasteurization = cooking. So sauteeing something in raw butter is the same thing as sauteeing it in pasteurized butter. I don't know if I say butter has zero nutrition though, it's a good source of a variety of fats. It's analogous to coconut oil that most everybody here seems to think is the bee's knees. I'm ok with butter, but it's just a source of fats, there's little more magical about it. – Matt Nov 13 2011 at 21:08

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@cliff, I do eat nutritious, whole foods and I wouldn't touch skim milk with a ten foot pole. My question is about butter, and the nutritional benefits of grass-fed butter are well-documented. – PaleoDel Nov 13 2011 at 21:58

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Zach · Answer 1 · 2012-02-06 05:53:39Z UTC

Kerrygold is absolutely magical medicine i'm convinced. I broke a bone connecting my hand to a couple fingers and in 10 days I was doing everything I normally do with it. Could almost do a pullup or two. It's been three weeks now and my hand is back to completely normal, only a very slight soreness present. The massive gaping wounds on my knuckles from a bike crash have dissapeared and brand new light pink skin tissue replaced everything, it looks beautifully healed. Something about the grass-fed butter with K2 in it, and eating a vitamin D rich diet makes my body heal quicker than I ever remember.

Nance · Answer 2 · 2011-11-13 20:51:09Z UTC

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@Matt: I suppose you were kidding, but just in case, "raw" butter refers to making it from raw milk that hasn't been heat-treated. It's considered healthier if you can find the raw milk, and it's easy to make such butter at home.

What are you missing? I don't know. I had raw milk and milk products at one time and I liked them but I didn't notice any definite benefits.

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Nance, if you cook with raw butter, it's no longer raw. That was my point. Raw vs pasteurized butter though, considering there's little protein there, the effects of pasteurization are minimal. – Matt Nov 13 2011 at 21:09

I gotta agree with Matt. What possible health benefit could raw butter have? The inclusion of lactase to breakdown lactose....which isn't included in the butter? – Mike Nov 13 2011 at 21:20

OHH! :-)) Actually, melting your raw butter over hot veggies is not the same as cooking with it, although my use of it to make an omelet is. Anyhow, many people swear by raw butter on their .. gasp! .. bread. – Nance Nov 13 2011 at 21:24

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Can't believe you used the B-word... Haha. – Matt Nov 13 2011 at 23:33

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@Mike, when I used the word benefits above I meant in flavor or how I felt afterward. Sorry for any confusion. – Nance Nov 14 2011 at 1:20

Andrew · Answer 3 · 2012-12-22 04:07:31Z UTC

I gotta agree with Matt. What possible health benefit could raw butter have?

 Read Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon.  There are many benefits to eating raw butter.  There are lots of recipes in there that will fit right in a Paleo diet.

I hate raw butter. How much am I missing out?

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