Avoid All Butter Brands, Except These 8

We were shocked that Kroger's butter made the list, but it deserves it. Kroger butter comes in salted, unsalted, olive oil with sea salt, and other flavors like many brands.

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Vital Farms strives to bring ethically produced food to the table. Sustainable farming and animal welfare are the company's goals. Vital Farms butter is 85% fat and flavorful.

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Vital Farms

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America's best-selling butter brand is Land O'Lakes. Its popularity is justified. Land O'Lakes is sweeter than other products on this list, say reviewers.

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Land O Lakes

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Due to its organic and pasture-raised milk, this butter is more expensive. Cows that graze outdoors at least 120 days a year are pasture-raised. However, this butter may be worth the additional money.

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Horizon Organic

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Plugrà butter is European. Plugrà has 82% butterfat, more than most U.S. brands but lower than Vital Farms. The greater fat level makes this butter creamy and excellent for baking.

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Plugrà

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Vermont Creamery has 82% butterfat like Plugrà. The taste is savory over sweet. One buyer said, This butter has a unique flavor a little bit sour which modulates the other butter flavors wonderfully.

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Vermont Creamery

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Since male elk challenge for supremacy, J.P. Murphy, the company's first president, reportedly picked the elk as the emblem. Challenge butter contrasts with sweeter Land O'Lakes butters.

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Challenge

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Kerrygold beat the top four butters despite tight scores. Irish grass-fed cows provide this butter. Kerrygold tastes unlike U.S. brands.

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Kerrygold

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