BUTTER is back – with demand soaring as shoppers shun low-fat alternatives.
Supermarket Waitrose last week revealed it has sold 20 per cent more block butter than any other spreads so far this year.
It said customers seeking to avoid ultra-processed options in their diets was the main reason.
Here, Laura Stott tastes and scores butters on sale in stores.
Specially Selected West Country salted butter
250g £2.19, Aldi
This Aldi butter is made with 100 per cent British cream[/caption]
I was expecting a decent butter for my buck, especially as it is a bit more expensive, at just above the £2 mark.
It’s made with 100 per cent British cream, flecked with 1.5 per cent sea salt and the result is a luxurious churn.
This certainly tastes like a posher packet, so I’d keep it for savouring – on toast, crumpets or fresh bread, so you can enjoy the flavours.
Rating: 4/5
Dairy Manor British Salted Butter 250g £1.99 Lidl
This Lidl butter is perhaps not as rich as you might want.[/caption]
Made with British milk and Red-Tractor approved as a guarantee of certified farming standards, Lidl’s own-brand butter more than does the job.
It contains 1.5g of salt, the same as many other offerings, but tasted slightly saltier.
Nice flavour and creamy enough, but perhaps not as rich as you might want.
My block was misshapen, which made it trickier to use it to spread on a sandwich. Fairly average.
Rating: 3/5
Salted British Butter 250g £1.99 Sainsburys.co.uk
This Sainsbury’s butter is easy to spread and full of flavour[/caption]
This own-brand butter from Sainsbury’s comes in a fancy foil wrapper and looks surprisingly posh for the very good-value price.
Made with 98 per cent cream, and 1.5 per cent salt this spread has a minimum 80 per cent milk fat, so you get all the rich, creamy flavour you’d expect.
The level of salt is spot on.
Absolutely delicious, easy to spread and full of flavour. Hard to beat for the price.
Rating: 4/5
Salted British butter 250g, £1.90 Marks and Spencer or ocado.com
This M&S butter has a deep, creamy flavour and throws in a delicious kick of 1.7g of salt[/caption]
IF you want a luxurious spread that tastes a little bit special, then this is the pick of the packs.
With 80 per cent milk fat, it has a deep, creamy flavour and throws in a delicious kick of 1.7g of salt.
Amazing as an everyday spread and brilliant for lifting boring bread to something more special. A great buy.
Rating: 5/5
Anchor Salted Butter 200g £2.60 tesco.com
This Anchor butter is is 50g smaller than most own-brands, and you’ll pay 60p more at the till[/caption]
Made in Westbury, Wiltshire, from 100 per cent British milk and 1.7g salt, there’s not much to dislike.
It tastes delicious, whether you slather it on to a bread roll or cook with it.
At 200g a block, this is 50g smaller than most own-brands, and you’ll pay 60p more at the till.
If you use it for baking cakes you might find you don’t have enough with one packet. Poor value for money.
Rating: 2/5
Salted Butter 250g Tesco.com £1.99
This Tesco butter has a pleasant taste, and with a decent 1.5g balance of salt[/caption]
Tesco’s own-brand is made with 100 per cent British milk with a minimum of 80 per cent milk fat which has been churned for a good value, smooth, creamy taste.
Another brand to be Red Tractor approved, but my butter was looking battered when I unwrapped it, with the corners misshapen.
A pleasant taste, and with a decent 1.5g balance of salt.
Probably best suited for baking or frying.
Rating: 2/5
British Salted Butter 250g £2 asda.com
This Asda offering is fine on toast and did the job for frying[/caption]
Asda’s own-brand butter was a little more expensive than most others with the same set of ingredients, as the taste was fairly uniform.
There’s 1.5 per cent salt and a minimum 80per cent milk fat content, in line with many other options, but fairly unremarkable to eat.
Tasted fine on toast and did the job for frying. But in scrambled eggs it didn’t break up and melt evenly.
Rating: 4/5
British Butter Salted 250g £1.99 morrisons.com
This Morrisons butter is particularly good melted into a jacket spud.[/caption]
Made with a minimum of 80 per cent milk fat and 1.5 per cent salt, this delivers a decent taste at good value.
This was one of the easiest butters to spread straight from the fridge, so a good choice if you often need to make snacks in a hurry.
The salt just adds a slight zing of flavour and the butter is particularly good melted into a jacket spud.
A solid staple at an acceptable price.
Rating: 3/5
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