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Alright guys, all of us in the Paleo community love our REAL butter. Personally, the yellow beta-carotene rich hue even excites me. I've tried Kerry gold Irish (unsalted), Organic Valley pasture butter (dark green covering), Smjor Icelandic butter and now Land O' Lakes (a bit skeptical given its past with margarine).

Which is your favorite brand and why? Is any of them better than others nutritionally? My fav right now is probably Kerry Gold.

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I have literally 8 different butters in my fridge right now. I like them all for different things.

Kerrygold unsalted - for all around use as well as taking bites out of ( I think it's the creamiest)

Kerrygold salted - for mashed sweet potatoes or cooking eggs. I tried it but will probably just use the unsalted and buy the organic valley for my potatoes.

Organic valley pastured - also sweet potatoes or eggs (it's a bit saltier)

Smjor - eating plain or putting in smoothies

Anchor (from New Zealand) is also good though I don't have any at the moment. Smjor and Anchor seem to cook differently than Kerrygold. My suspicion is that Kerrygold has a higher content of milk proteins, these two tend to be slightly harder.

Ghee- cooking only

organic pastures raw cultured butter - smoothies

organic pastures raw butter - smoothies or eating plain

This brand is only in California I think. It's good, grass fed raw butter. I taste huge differences between batches. Sometimes it tastes slightly soured, other times it tastes like heaven.

Meyenberg goat butter - smoothies or potatoes. I'm not a fan of this, I doubt I'll buy it again after I finish it.

I also have coconut butter (for smoothies) so I suppose that makes 9 butters in my kitchen..... And I live alone!

p.s. I'm not a hoarder, I just eat a lot of butter

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LOl u crazy. +1 – DH Dec 20 2011 at 12:21
You are the first butter gourmet I have come across! WTG – henny Dec 20 2011 at 14:22
+1 for epic buttery goodness. I currently have homemade from cream skimmed off our raw dairy, Kerrygold unsalted, and ghee I made from Organic Valley pastured. I prefer the homemade stuff, as I know the farmer and, well, it's delicious, but I generally use ghee for cooking. I use Kerrygold or OV pastured depending on what's available. I like Smjor best, but it's a bit of a splurge. – blueballoon Dec 20 2011 at 17:48
I have actually had all of these at one time before too. Smjor is my favorite – The hacker formerly knownasron Dec 21 2011 at 2:40
really? I really like Meyenberg goat butter. It's grass fed and tastes really sweet to me...I use it to top coconut flour baked goods sometimes – xue Dec 29 2011 at 10:08
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I only use Kerrygold unsalted for cooking and ghee (Purity Farms) for cooking and also I like to melt it in the microwave and dip stuff in it. And it's strangely addicting to just eat it straight out of the jar after you let it soften up a bit on the counter. But just like a few nibbles, not like tablespoons of the stuff. But yeah, I'm weird.

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My favorite butter is definitely- shake, shake, shake- my own from organic heavy cream. Yummy.

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good work out for the arms too! – Anna Dec 21 2011 at 14:45
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As far as mass available butter goes, Kerrygold has been my favorite. If we're counting ghee too, then Purity Farms ghee is my favorite above anything else. I like butter, but it still makes me a little mucusy, I have no problems with the ghee though, freakin love that stuff.

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Just picked up some Kerrygold at the Edeka today. It's the first time I've seen it at any of the stores I shop at in Germany. Will try it here soon for lunch. Usually, we stick to Berchtesgadnerland Butter since it's the only one we usually get that we know is from grass-fed cows. My favorite, though, is the butter I find at the outdoors markets in Holland whenever we are there. Nothing like getting a hunk of creamy butter wrapped in butchers paper from someone who works on the dairy.

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I really like organic valley pastured and Kerrygold.

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Kerrygold, Smjor unsalted are my favorite right now.

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It's Kerrygold for me. Mainly because I can't really find anything else that's definitely pastured. I even add some to my morning smoothie. Right now I'm using the Kerrygold garlic & herb for cooking my eggs. Yum!

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Pure Indian Foods ghee. Couldn't find any Kerrygold butter near me - Kerrygold Dubliner cheese I can find a Costco, but not the butter.

It's a deep gold color, really nice stuff. I make eggs with it, and put a teaspoon on top of steak when I cook it indoors in a pan. The ghee melts into the meat as the steak heats up, and when I flip it over, it fries with it a bit too.

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