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Butter

ingredient

About

Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream, a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature of roughly 81% butterfat.[1] It is most often made from cow's milk, but also from the milk of sheep, goats, buffalo and yaks, by churning milk or cream until the fat globules separate from the buttermilk.[1] Salt has been added to butter since antiquity to help preserve it, a role now largely taken over by refrigeration, so salt in modern butter is mostly a matter of taste; unsalted butter leaves it out.[1] Butter firms up under refrigeration, spreads at room temperature and melts between 32 and 35 °C.[1]

Products (4)

Relations

  • Derived from Milk[1] sourced
    Churned from cream, the fat separated from milk

Also known as

  • Smør da
  • Beurre fr

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia (en): Butter Accessed 2026-09-10.
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