Butter: Pick your poison!

A quick follow up to a couple of questions on this post: Butter: Pick your poison! Well, not the actual butter itself…

First, is KerryGold better than other brands?

Well, I contacted them and asked if they used anti-caking agents or any other chemicals in their salted butter.

Their reply: “We use refined food grade salt. It is the highest grade available and adheres to all EU regulatory requirements. Please be assured that there is no anti-caking agents used in our products.”

Now, just what is this “refined food grade salt” they speak of?

The fist thing I look for on things like this is patents. If there’s a patent on it, it’s not natural. My search for refined food grade salt patent has about 3,040,000 results. ‘Nough said.

So I contacted KerryGold again and asked if they could give me more specifics on the salt such as the manufacturer and catalog/ ref# so I could check this further.

I got the standard answer: “Unfortunately, we are unable to share further details as this information is proprietary.”

So, no, KerryGold is no better than the other commercial brands. No worse, mind you. Remember, I told you it was PICK your poison. The only truly safe product probably comes direct from the farm, if you can find it. And then only if they understand the problem with salt and “flavor enhancers” for the unsalted butter.

What about Ghee? Kinda the same deal. If you don’t get it from the farm, it’s likely tainted with SOMETHING. ghee patents : About 1,030,000 results.

Not saying don’t eat it. We have no choice, and it’s certainly better than the alternatives (i.e. seed oils).

Just keep in mind that it makes up a part of the total toxic load of chemicals that we ingest and encounter everyday.

And everyone has their own personal Total Toxic Load that they can survive.