Watch This Before You Buy Grass-Fed Butter.

I was kind of excited to see a Kirkland® brand of grass-fed butter being sold at Costco, but is it better than KerryGold®? Watch this video before you buy grass-fed butter!

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1:17 Are both butters grass-fed?
1:53 Conclusion

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[cathydavis]

I'm baking all the time and just bought both butters from Costco last Friday. The Kirkland has 11g butter fat KerryGold 14g. I like the Kirkland butter for ghee because I can get it salt free. The KerryGold makes the best icing for cakes. Both butter are great for baking so I go for the less expensive Kirkland since I can't taste the difference.
I wish the USA would have higher food standards like New Zealand and outlaw high fructose corn syrup. Hopefully someday soon🤞

[waynesmith]

Thanks for commenting that New Zealand has some of the highest food standards in the world. No hormone treatments in our chickens, sheep or cattle. No GMO feed and proper animal welfare.

[theeddorian]

"Grass fed" butter is often not a winter product. A wet pasture has problems with trampling, and the grass loses attraction to cattle as it becomes muddied. So dairies often shift between pasturing and feeding on hay and mash seasonally. The color of the butter can also shift seasonally with deeper golds associated with more Vitamin A content when the cattle are pastured rather than stall fed.

[chazguthrieful]

I started buying Kerrygold for my elderly mother. She couldn't taste the generic house-brand butter. She loves it!

[tablameister]

As a kid, I was used to salted butter. When we moved to India, my mom used to make yogurt from freshly delivered milk and then churn it to create butter and buttermilk. I grew to love the taste of the freshly churned butter, which has no additives INCLUDING SALT.

[sallydavidson]

I work for Costco so thank you for the information. Members ask me all the time about our products. I have tried both of these butters but couldn't tell the difference as I wasn't sampling them at the same time as you have. I know Costco gets many of their products from New Zealand including all their lamb which is always 100% Halal.

[bodavis]

Aldi has their own brand of Irish grass fed butter, and its very good.

[jenniferstewart]

We lived in Ireland for 6 years, so I was thrilled when we started carrying KerryGold here in America ! It’s our favorite and especially because it’s delicious unsalted . Our Costco only has Kirkland in salted

[aisling]

The butter wars intrigue me. I grew up in Ireland so Kerrygold was one of a glut of butters from local creamerys whch all tasted the same (just like regular butter). I remember during the 80's the controversial "Butter Mountains" that were stockpiled due to EU intervetion (agricultural subsidizing) and here in Ireland people on welfare were given "Butter Vouchers" instead of (or in addition to) money. People were poor generally in Ireland in the 80's so they were used in stores to buy groceries and were as good as cash to most. With so many years overproducing it and just trying to get rid of the butter, it's surreal still seeing Kerrygold nowdays flying the flag of something that used to represent times of sever economic repression. (we also had a foreign exchange student who came back for a second time, I think just for the butter)

[TJCZNIK]

The reason that their only 95% grass fed is that grass goes dormant for a while and they have to feed them with hay or other crops. As soon as the grass grows back they can start to feed on the grass again.

[Dadsplain]

Absolutely agree. Tried both head to head. The NZ butter did not stand out taste-wise much better than regular Costco butter. We use regular for baking and Kerrygold for spreading. Kerrygold is one of the world's worthwhile luxuries!

[Blublod]

I’ve traveled extensively in the British Isles, Ireland, and Oceania, and I can categorically attest that the best dairy products I’ve ever had were in Ireland and New Zealand. Sadly, here in the USA the quality of dairy is sketchy so I am forced to source from local farmers which only adds cost and logistical challenges, and this is especially true when it comes to fresh eggs. Maybe we’ll catch up to Ireland and New Zealand some day.

[TerriblePerfection]

Excellent video!
I'm in Germany and eat butter by itself for extra fat. I'm surprised at how different they can taste. Kerrygold is very nice. Regarding the wrapper, I move the entire block into a glass container.
Glad I found your video! Thank you! 🇩🇪

[nagillig]

I don’t eat a lot of butter, but when I do it’s always Kerrygold. When I find something I like I don’t look to change it. Thanks, nice video.

[richardk]

I used to work in a small local dairy in the UK and I know I am biased but they make a butter that can match any butter from anywhere. Big claim I know but it's true. Longley farm butter from Holmfirth in Yorkshire, England. It's made from milk from grass fed Jersey cows. It's a golden yellow, intense flavoured butter. I love it.

[JohnJohn-wrjo]

Kerrygold is the butter standard for the world. I've had a few "craft butters" that I would say were better but unable to consistently source them. I worked for the parent company (Irish Dairy Board) in the US for 10 years and it was relatively easy to convert chefs from their butter to the Kerrygold.

[robynabadie]

Thank you. I'm a retired chef here in San Diego. I love kerrygold the best, but I also use Costco butter. Kerrygold is number one.

[Mrchky]

I've noticed that salted butters melt faster at room temp than unsalted butter so that may be why the Kerrygold was easier to spread than the Kirkland.

[peppercat]

So far our Costco near me does not sell the Grassfed Kirkland Butter yet....They were completely out of the KerryGold Butter last week. I noticed the regular Kirkland Butter is too watery when we bake with it so we stopped buying it. Thanks so much for sharing this information AwareHouseChef :)

[puggirl]

I have both brands in my freezer right now. I love the Kerry Gold for straight eating. It has a slightly tangy flavor that comes from the culturing process they do. I don't know if the Kirkland butter uses any cultures and I don't taste it in the butter. I use the Kirkland butter in my coffee so I appreciate that it has less salt for that purpose. And I make bone broth lattes with butter, heavy cream and homemade bone broth. Delish. In any case each brand has it's own strengths and weaknesses. If you like cultured European style butter pick KG. If you want a milder flavor and less salt for other applications pick Kirkland brand. They are both good.