Butter is essential for both cooking and baking. As such, there’s a ton of butter brands worldwide now. Yet, have you ever noticed the small label of grass-fed cow or sometimes written as pasture-raised cow in front of the packaging?
A grass-fed cow is a cow that has a high-grass diet, and they receive fewer to no antibiotics and hormones than a grain-raised cow. But, again, it all depends on the company. With this, You can always keep an eye on the label before purchasing.
Plus, how a cow is raised has an absolute effect on nutrition. In the same way, grass-fed butter is richer in nutrition than regular butter. So, now let’s check the list below to see what grass-fed butter and ghee are available in Malaysia.
1. Westgold
Westgold butter’s rich and creamy texture is made from the cream of New Zealand grass-fed cows. Also, Westgold collects cow milk during Spring when the grass is the greenest. So, Westgold butter contains higher vitamins. This butter is perfect for your dishes and pastries!
Size Available: 400g
Ingredients: Pasteurised cream (from cow’s milk), salt
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Price: RM11.75
*Prices may vary at the time of purchase
check price on happy fresh2. Promex
This 100% pure New Zealand and their cows spend 97% of their time on the grassland. Also, this grass-fed butter is certified by New Zealand AsureQuality. The taste is flawless with just some spread on your bread, toast, waffles, and pancakes.
Size Available: 250g
Ingredients: Pasteurised Cream, Salt (1.5%)
Country of Origins: New Zealand
Price: RM10.90
*Prices may vary at the time of purchase
3. Kerrygold
Kerrygold butter has a healthy and golden yellow color. The texture-wise is silky and creamy as they produce the sweetest and richest milk in the world. Also, Kerrygold takes care of their cows very well, resulting in their cows being very healthy and happy. All in all, Kerrygold butter is a fantastic all-purpose and all-natural butter.
Size Available: 227g
Ingredients: Pasteurised Cream, Salt
Country of Origins: United States of America
Price: RM16.70
*Prices may vary at the time of purchase
check price on happy fresh4. Organic Valley
Organic Valley butter is an award-winning butter. Organic Valley’s master butter makers used a traditional and rarely-used method to produce their butter. The milk is slowly cooked until the milk solids and excess water is out while preserving the nutritional benefits. So, it is totally worth the money to use this high-quality butter to make the dishes and pastries for yourself and your loved ones.
Size Available: 454g
Ingredients: Pasteurised Organic Sweet Cream (Milk), Microbial Cultures
Country of Origins: United States of America
Price: RM54
*Prices may vary at the time of purchase
check price on happy fresh5. Pure Indian Foods
Pure Indian Food’s ghee is handmade and has the same smoke point as other cooking oils. This original ghee is free from GMOs, chemical fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, hormones and antibiotics. Fry your spices with this ghee to release their aroma and flavor. Of course, you can replace this with typical butter to cook and bake.
Ingredients: Grassfed Organic Butter (made from non-homogenized whole milk from grass-fed cows)
Country of Origins: United States of America
Price: RM75.24
*Prices may vary at the time of purchase
check price on shopee6. Bordier Butter
Instead of using a machine to produce the butter, a wooden device called a Malaxuer is used to knead Bordier butter slowly, for up to 30 minutes. It takes up to 6 days to make one butter. Also, they make a variety of flavored butter like seaweed butter, smoked salt butter, lemon-olive oil butter, and more.
Size Available: 125g
Ingredients: Pasteurised milk
Country of Origins: France
Price: RM25.88
*Prices may vary at the time of purchase
Again, grass-fed butter is made from the milk of a healthier cow as they are on the grass-centric diet, which means what we consume is butter that is from good quality milk and not from a grained-cow. What’s more, buying grass-fed butter can support more sustainable farming.
4 health benefits of grass-fed butter
- Good source of Vitamin A
- High in unsaturated fatty acids
- Better texture
- Higher in omega-3 fatty acids
Disclosure: This list was compiled by the team at My Weekend Plan after extensive research and shared opinions to suggest helpful recommendations for the public. The sequence of brands is in no particular order so if you have any other great suggestions too, please email us [email protected] For more information, kindly refer to our copyright, privacy & disclosure policy.
