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Flora Food Group debuts Red Barn Creamery Butter

June 10, 2026

To help introduce Red Barn Creamery Butter, the brand has teamed up with The New York Times best-selling author and Broma Bakery founder Sarah Fennel and award-winning Iron Chef Marc Forgione.

Vital Farms pasture-raised cheese sea salt avocado oil

Vital Farms adds ‘pasture-raised’ butter with sea salt and avocado oil

The new spreadable butter has the highest butterfat content of any tub butter available nationwide.

August 19, 2021

Austin, Texas-based Vital Farms introduced its newest product: pasture-raised butter with sea salt and avocado.

La Vaquita adds butter to its product lineup

The new offering comes in salted and unsalted varieties.

June 25, 2021

La Vaquita, Houston, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kansas City, Kan.-based Dairy Farmers of America, says it expanded into the butter category.

Episode 2: Butter is back — and going premium

March 15, 2021

Episode two of the "Let's Talk Dairy"; podcast features Venae Watts, who is the fifth-generation co-owner of Minerva Dairy (along with her brother, Adam Mueller). The Minerva, Ohio-based company, the oldest family-operated creamery in the nation, produces premium (85% butterfat) hand-rolled butter.

Minerva Dairy releases 1-pound version of its premium butter

The product is rolling out in Midwestern Targets, among other retail chains.

September 11, 2020

Minerva Dairy, Minerva, Ohio, launched a version of its hand-rolled butter in a smaller, “more-appealing” size.

Minerva Dairy celebrates 125th anniversary with new branding, products

The company also is increasing its distribution in the Southeast.

December 5, 2019

Minerva Dairy, Minerva, Ohio, said it celebrated 125 years of butter-making in 2019.

State of the Industry 2017: Butter consumption is growing

Butter earns the title of MOST POPULAR as per-capita consumption continues to grow.

Kathie Canning

November 10, 2017

A growing number of Americans seem to be convinced that some things are just better with butter. According to data from the USDA, per-capita consumption of butter reached 5.7 pounds in 2016 — up a 1.4 pounds since 1996 and a full pound since 2006.