Misc What Butter to you prefer? Opinion!

[Deena in GA]

We made a mistake and bought a bunch of Walmart butter several years ago without trying it first. Yuck!!! Never again. We do like the Aldi butter. Have never tried Kerry Gold.

 

[modernbeat]

The amount of salt in "salted" grocery store butter is minuscule. Listening to a lot of youtube cooks and reading old cookbooks, I also thought that you -had- to cook with unsalted butter and judge the amount of salt needed yourself. But outside of some imported or boutique butters, the amount of salt in modern butter is not worth fretting over.

Decades ago, salt was added to butter in massive amounts over what we use now. This was to help preserve it, but also added to the taste.

 

[Bps1691]

The amount of salt in "salted" grocery store butter is minuscule. Listening to a lot of youtube cooks and reading old cookbooks, I also thought that you -had- to cook with unsalted butter and judge the amount of salt needed yourself. But outside of some imported or boutique butters, the amount of salt in modern butter is not worth fretting over.

Decades ago, salt was added to butter in massive amounts over what we use now. This was to help preserve it, but also added to the taste.

There is more to salt (sodium) than just taste. If you are on a salt restricted diet due to Heart Failure or Kidney issues. On a 1500mg daily low salt restriction, even small amounts of salt in foods are still worth considering and substituting with alternatives.

Even the recommendation for adults and children over 14 is only 2,300 milligrams per day.

1 Tablespoon of Land of Lakes Butter with Canola Oil has 4% of normal daily salt intake (85mg). 1 Tablespoon of Land of Lakes salted stick butter has 90mg. 1 Tablespoon of NO Salt stick butter has 0mg of Sodium.

But then again, a BK Whopper has 1339mg of sodium just by itself! A small Mc Donald's French fries has 180mg and the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese has 1300mg. Even a 4 piece Chicken Nuggets with no sauce has 404mg of sodium.

Salt is even in things you would never think about. A 1/2 liter bottle of Walmart's Great Value Purified Drinking Water has 260mg of Sodium and doesn't taste a bit better than the Ice Mountain brand 100% spring water at 0mg.

Using no salt butter with some Mrs. Dash doesn't taste like salted butter and I miss the heck out of it, but it works. It also works for baking without adding extra hidden salt.