Butter Topic | Dairy Foods

Butter is ready for its close-up

Good old high-fat, high-calorie butter is starring on restaurant menus and at home. Foodies appreciate butter’s qualities in baking and in adding taste to home cooking.

James Carper

November 16, 2012

Nobody puts butter in a corner. Not anymore. Long shunted to the dietary sidelines because of its saturated-fat content and high caloric value, butter is undergoing a renaissance. You can thank fine-dining (see related article) and a renewed interest in cooking at home for that.

Grassland Dairy offers organic butter

November 12, 2012

Grassland Dairy, Greenwood, Wis., offers organic butter for the foodservice industry and for retail. The butter comes in cases of 18 one-pound unsalted solids and 25 kilograms of salted and unsalted bulk. It is QAI-certified organic and kosher-certified. The suggested retail price is $2 to $3 per pound.

Land O'Lakes Saute Express Saute Starter

Cooking with butter

New Land O'Lakes flavored butter product helps home cooks step it up a notch

Seasoned butter and olive oil are used to flavor chicken, fish and pork. The flavors are Garlic & Herb, Italian Herb, Savory Butter & Olive Oil and Lemon Pepper.

October 11, 2012

Dairy cooperative Land O'Lakes has developed a new butter-based cooking ingredient used to flavor chicken, fish and pork. The flavors are Garlic & Herb, Italian Herb, Savory Butter & Olive Oil and Lemon Pepper.

WÃÂ¼thrich 83% European-style unsalted butter

Wüthrich's new European-style butter created for foodservice industry

September 12, 2012

Wüthrich 83% European-style unsalted butter from Grassland Dairy Products Inc., Greenwood, Wis., was developed for the foodservice industry.

The Latest Scoop Ginger Pear Sorbet from Cable Car Delights Outstanding New Product

Award-winning foods

sofi's choices: ginger pear sorbet, Vermont cheese and butter

June 19, 2012

Cable Car Delights, San Francisco, and Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery, Websterville, Vt., were among the winners of sofi gold awards at this week's Fancy Food Show in Washington, D.C.

Dairy products

5 new dairy foods to celebrate National Dairy Month

Sarah M. Kennedy

June 6, 2012

It’s National Dairy Month and we’re highlighting five new dairy foods to help celebrate the benefits of dairy in a well-balanced diet.

Butter

Minerva Dairy partners with Ilios Dairy Brands to launch a Greek yogurt butter

June 5, 2012

Minerva Dairy and Ilios Dairy Brands launch a new product — butter made with Greek yogurt.

USDA weekly prices

Milk production peaked, cheese plants stayed busy last week, reports the USDA

June 4, 2012

Milk production peaked last week, cheese plants were busy and the dry products market showed mixed results, according to the USDA's Dairy Market News. Following is a summary of the report.

USDA weekly prices

Butter is firming, cheese production is heavy this week, says USDA

May 25, 2012

Butter pricing is firming this week, cheese production nationally remains heavy, Northeast milk production is widely believed to have reached a plateau, and California milk output is mostly steady and remains at or near the seasonal peak, reports the USDA this week.

Herbed Butters

March 27, 2012

Consumers’ growing interest in chef-inspired home cooking is driving the development of savory butters, as such cooking aids and condiments provide a culinary touch to even the simplest recipes.