Ask any dairy farmer from a place with snowy winters. Dairy Butter and Margarine Refine. One of the main reasons we started raising our own cattle & sheep. Ireland banned the cultivation of GMO crops back in 2009… it would be surprising that farmers would even have much access, if any, to GMO grains for their animals in Ireland. Celebrating 100 … I hope this is true! Do you know if Smjör is available unsalted? 3:57 pm on February 12, 2016. I love their cottage cheese and look forward to trying their butter! so there is a silver lining to this. The information says that at this time the majority is wheat and barley. Shopper Notes. Sincerely, Year-round access to pastures and naturally growing coastal grasses are imperative to our definition of grass-fed feeding. They state on their website that some of the feed is bought from outside of Ireland and even outside of the EU, due to inadequate supply. Here is what it says on Azure’s website for Rumiano unsalted butter: rBST Free. He had to store it for a long time. Both of the links you mentioned in your comments are no longer available. I have been writing to UK supermarkets and asking them why they are no allowing meat from GM fed animals to be sold in their stores and the answer I git from one of them is that their suppliers are finding it harder and harder to find non GM soy and corn to feed the animals and therefore can no longer guarantee that their produce is completely GM free. If you are budgeting for Kerrygold (like me) in order to avoid food allergies, or to obtain the highest quality real food product, then you may want to pay attention to the changes. I don’t quite know what they did to it but they made it softer and advertised it as ‘spreadable’. The EU stopped the import of New Zealand Butter. 61 talking about this. It's similar in colour, although on the darker end of the peanut-butter-brown spectrum. We just started using Cabot Butter from Vermont…$2.59/lb, Amazon sells KerryGold at $76 for ten lbs. Dating back, way back to 1919! “Supplementary” feeding is becoming more common than not. I’m surprised that hay would not have the same effect on the butter as grass in terms of giving it color because if hay has been cured properly it’s still quite green. Take it from an old farmer. I found it interesting. So .10 multiplied by .25 equals. Did you know that not all cows must be supplemented? In case you missed the links above, here is the source: Kerrygold USA FAQs (and more on GMO here)”, I could not find a FAQ page on the their web site. Even while the rest of the country experiences temperatures well below freezing, our dairy shed has relatively temperate lows in the mid- to low-40s. It made the farms (which were dairy or sheep farms, not much else in Iceland, fruits and veggies are grown in geothermally heated greenhouses) look like marshmallow farms (you can find photos easily online). 2) It’s pretty typical to feed dairying animals a small supplement of feed (my local dairy is 100% grass-fed, but that’s rare). The world is changing, bad enough for children with rare and dangerous medical conditions to have to change their diets this extreme in order to survive. Some of these will contain soy and corn. Many many people believe that Kerrygold is 100% grassfed. I want 100% grassfed butter. In addition to knowing that there is hope to find a milk their child can eat. I’ve never seen the British version of Anchor sold in the States, but it is definitely something people need to keep in mind. According to the Weston A. I’m afraid that what has happened with Kerrygold is part of a bigger picture of what is happening in the UK, Ireland and Europe. Here’s a link to their website: http://www.humboldtcreamery.com/sustainability_1.html, Rumiano’s is located in Del Norte county, directly north of Humboldt county (just an interesting note). and sold exclusively by trader Joe’s , Monrovia, CA 91016 But yes, this is Alpine life here..even chickens and pigs are running in snow during the winter . Spain has been growing the famous Bt Corn for quite some time. It is not possible to have 100% grass fed milk nor butter made from that milk. I’m thinking that the yellow color is due to the carotinoids (of which beta-carotene is one). We used to buy Smor from Iceland, but I had to switch to OV so that I could afford more fresh produce. It takes about 2 gallons of milk to make a quart of cream (give or take on the season). 5. Rumiano Cheese Company is the oldest family owned cheese company in California. I will dig further. Ruins whatever I put it on. Hi Tom. I did a side-by-side comparison of Kerrygold and organic butter and Kerrygold was SO much more yellow, showing the higher concentration of essential nutrients. Red Feather Cremery Canned Butter A real butter from new Zealand-100% pure no artificial colors or flavors-Great For Hurricane Preparedness Emergency Survival Earthquake Kit-(6 Cans/12Oz. The cheese is certified organic, Non-GMO, vegetarian and the cows are grass-fed. And perhaps the rest of us can buy it from batches when they are NOT on supplemental feed (if we can figure out when that is). Source local butter. She said they are fed silage BUT NO BUTTER IS MADE IN THE WINTER. We also don’t have an allergies to corn or soy (which *may* be feed as a small, small supplement in the winter when the cows aren’t producing). And by your math, they only use feed 10% of the time, not the 25% another article claimed. $3.75 This is the one that discusses the ‘approximate 3%’. (It's very loud, turn down your speakers or headphones first!) Kerrygold feeds silage/hay in winter and a small supplementary feed of MOSTLY barley/wheat at milking. Hmmm…. Nothing about corn or GMO. Hmm. It’s most likely more than that. Delicious, and nice and yellow. Hey folks, Greenland is icy and Iceland is green, they did that on purpose. I bought Kerrygold and OV Pasture butter and compared them side-by-side. I use butter mostly to cook with, so I can’t see any particular advantage to buying raw because I heat it in the cooking process. If you are dealing with sensitivity to grain, corn, soy or GMOs, or have other immune inflammation, then you will want to steer clear of anything that is not organic or comes from a GMO related source no matter how small. For us that’s a potential allergy issue, but it’s all certified organic and non-GMO which is awesome. By definition silage is made from green matter, not just grains. Lol. Filling our guts with these grains kills off our good gut bacteria and results in poor health throughout the body. If the 6th ingredient listed on the cookie bag, in just one cookie, was non-fat milk powder, BAM! Let’s say it’s $10 shipping for 2 jars, that would make this Ghee cost $34.51 for 1 lb. http://www.foodrenegade.com/where-find-butter-from-grassfed-cows/. interesting. I agree! My fat is from grassfed beef, lots of whole fish and eggs. The cheese is used in cooked foods or grated onto pasta or salads. Cows are also free from antibiotics, hormones etc. I hope this answers your questions. TJ’s Organic Butter is made with a touch of pure salt without colorings, flavorings or flowing agents. The predominant grain crops grown in Ireland are wheat and barley. Second, other butter alternatives can be cheaper! Have you looked into that kind yet? Believe me, I’m hitting the beat at markets, talking to people to get more inside information. Nope. Updated Grass-Fed Butter Review. 4.1 Global Deodorized Cocoa Butter Historic Market Review by Type (2015-2020) 4.1.1 Global Deodorized Cocoa Butter Sales Market Share by Type (2015-2020) 4.1.2 Global Deodorized Cocoa Butter Revenue Market Share by PLUS $30 shipping ($10/lb). I went to the Kerrygold site you linked. The salt is processed to remove impurities (such as heavy metals) and crystallized with no additives. #Rumiano cheese has a delicious sharpness that pairs well with the smoky sausage, sweet peppers, and red onions. Best Part is that it is about $3.50 for a whole pound! I’m just thankful I get through spring/summer with out issues. Cows are unable to graze for half the year due to snow cover. That’s is a great proactive idea! Irish butter is the best. It is absolutely possible to have 100% grass fed milk. At Rumiano Cheese, we are proud to say that our dairies go the extra mile for grass-fed milk production. Thinking we may need to start milking one of the cows though. I will continue to proudly support Kerrygold! I’d also like to know what kind of butter you’re buying from Azure. Rumiano Cheese supports the Apollo crew in the first lunar landing. Organic Valley / Organic Prairie Actually growing it is banned. Alright that is a pretty selfish number one. Rumiano Organic Grass Fed Cheese Review #spon August 22, 2015 People are starting to wake up to the fact that not all food is created equal. From Azure Standard website, sounds to me it’s the same scenario then with the Kerrygold butter rBST Free from Grass Fed Cows. All the milk used by Rumiano is antibiotic- and rBST (bovine growth hormone)-free. Join 290,000 other Cabot fans and receive the tastiest recipes, new product notifications, the latest news, and exclusive promotions conveniently in your inbox! However, 90% grassfed is pretty darn great if you ask me, and far better than anything any of us in the north are going to get locally. I am so disappointed as well!! Please link to the Kalona Supernatural site in your blog post. “Like so much of what we do, our feeding pattern follows the cycle of nature. Want to make infused oil and butter easily and quickly? Delicious! Sprouts and select smaller grocers carry it. I am so excited for I just found this butter at my local health food store. Nichole Sawatzky is not a licensed medical professional, and information given is not for the purpose of diagnosis. Are you providing a link that might help me find grass fed butter? I begged my local grocery to quit with the horrid tubs and go back to carrying Kerrygold stick butter, which they finally did! I have heard that in some states Anchor butter is at Walmart. BUMMER We recently started buying Ruminao (spelling?) And, again, the majority of the limited supplementary feed the cows get *locally grown* wheat and barley. I wish I could find a raw organic butter, but no luck so far. I purchase TJ’s organic butter for baking and for things my daughter won’t be eating. Dist. I’m sorry about the link Sondra. Sorry this is so long, but wanted to let you all know about it. They said UP TO 3% of the feed they eat UP TO 25% of the time (the three months they cannot graze on pasture)….. so really, 0.75% of their food MIGHT be GMO, because they are in a part of the world with no choice. I asked both companies. I’m trying to remember now which one that we tried did. You may have a hard time finding butter year round and need to buy in bulk during the spring. As most of you already know, I’m a huge fan of grass-fed butter. On another note “Jersey cows” are a very much a boutique breed in reland. According to Smjor’s website (to the posters that feel better, because they use that instead), “During the bright summer days the cows are kept in the pastures, but are housed during 7-8 months per year. Bickford’s intent to make people happy and excited has led to an outward expression of love for her product. Rumiano organic butter is traditional, European style with a perfect texture and a sweet, fresh, flavor. Regardless it still isnt organic. Also, just after calving, when most of that feed is given, cows are usually not milked for people (I’m guessing this is the same for Kerrygold-as implied in the FAQ page). Holding good companies to impossibly high standards is kind of self-defeating. Awesome. This nut butter was very tasty and I love how it includes some of each nut. I spoke with a Kerrygold rep at the 2010 Fancy Food Show in New York. 柚木 麻子『BUTTER』の感想・レビュー一覧です。ネタバレを含む感想・レビューは、ネタバレフィルターがあるので安心。読書メーターに投稿された約2769件 の感想・レビューで本の評判を確認、読書記録を管理することもできます。 It includes peanuts, walnuts, cashews, almonds, sunflower seeds, flax and pumpkin seeds. And it’s the best tasting I have run across. I quit Kerrygold butter the same week and am still looking for a replacement. The mild Northwestern coast of California has prime weather for grazing and pasture time. Time to find a better replacement. just wrote to them. Oh, well–not a perfect solution, but at least a decent and reasonably cost-effective one, considering that my local stores have completely run out of organic butter. Is there a specific brand on the Azure website that you are buying? You are correct the direct ingredients are not GMO.You may be interested in knowing that what animals are fed actually shows up in their meat, in their milk, etc. It’s one of the only countries in the world that have actual cold glacier water free flowing from their taps, and all hot water is 100% geothermal and is actually cooled down to be a sustainable hot water source there. You may want to ask your raw milk provider if they sell butter. lol You have to be careful with the wording here. Review of Rumiano Cheese Company Reviewed February 22, 2016 We time our drives through Crescent City to coincide with when they're making fresh curds. There are grasses that can carry cattle and horses through hard winters. One hundred nine and a half pound of GMO grain per year. I don’t see the big deal either. You can also use the control F feature of your computer to search the page and find where it says this: “Some of these will contain soy and corn.” http://kerrygoldusa.com/faq/#qa39. I don’t care how good it is for me vs. grain feed, I just don’t like it. I am completely in agreement with you. These grains are certified organic and GMO-free. Its just as yellow if not more yellow than kerrygold. I knew it would come and I feel very angry and upset about it. So that 3% isn’t just putting those soy and corn allergic people at risk, it is putting us ALL at risk. (. From Azure Standard website, sounds to me it’s the same scenario then with the Kerrygold butter Lastly, flavor, low quality butter lacks flavor and aroma. I think I will stick with Kerry Gold from Costco. I would love that as well. Great products though . Perhaps, like me, you thought Ireland and the European Union were still standing strong in the battle against Monsanto. I thought they only did cheese! Regular price No classroom can really teach you what it takes.” A wholesaler found himself with an over-abundance of Jack Fresh. The GMO is where I draw the line. This is certainly a big disappointment. It’s very real and very much a possibility for children to be allergic to specific strains of grains (kids allergic to red grapes but not green for example… just an example) the same goes for GMO strains. Do you know what’s in your cheese? Created `by accident` in 1915. The package says its from grassfed cows in California. Also I find it suspect that all their butter oils have flavor added like Raspberry, Pecan -which means the butter oil by itself must not taste or smell very good, perhaps due to the centrifuging. Consumer Relations Associate. *The Rumiano butter looks great and cheap but Azure only sells by truck delivery and they DO NOT deliver to New York or the East Coast. The Rumiano Unsalted Butter ingredients are actually: Ingredients: Pasteurized Cream (Milk). I will continue to buy Kerrygold as it’s by far the best option that I know of in my area, but I will also now look for Humboldt Creamery (the next county over, so I’m sure it must be somewhere around here), Rumiano and Anchor. Don’y call it grassfed and squeeze in corn/soy. I use Cabot Butter as well because I thought it was the best choice, but I just realized that Cabot lists “natural flavor” as an ingredient. I … You can also take it out of the fridge, before setting the table and by then it will spread nicely unlike the American butter that stays rock hard for a long time. FYI…she uses just enough grain to get her cows to look forward to being in the parlor. Rumiano Unsalted Butter is light yellow in color with a smooth, soft texture and a sweet, fresh, pleasing, slightly salty flavor. I actually wrote to Kerrygold and complained when they went to this “spreadable” tub butter — horrible off’ taste! . Grassfed goodness. If we have a sick animal they only get rolled oats added. Republication or redistribution of original content, text, images, or logo, in part or in whole, is strictly prohibited without prior written consent. Now I buy a locally sourced organic butter. , Depending on where you are in NorCal.. there is Sierra Nevada Cheese- they have awesome grassfed butter under their Graziers label- it is $4.50/8oz.. and i think you can get it in bulk as well…. The salt used for Organic Valley products is pure mined salt, produced in the USA. Our TJ’s organic butter does not say grass fed! It has a higher fat content. The unique year-round climate which ranges from 45-60 degrees Fahrenheit, allows year-round access to pasture, it rains but doesn’t snow. I think you should visit Iceland or read more carefully about the country before you make a broad generalization about it. This Rumiano Cheese is very flavorful and I would recommend it. ( I haven’t opened it yet but will do a side-by-side taste test). Natural animal fats are sources of the most critical vitamins, A, D3, K2. Unfortunately this involves spraying the land with good old roundup to kill everything off before ploughing and re-seeding. Fishy indeed. Some of the above comments say that Anchor Butter can be found at Walmart. I can be wrong (wouldn’t be the first time), but when I went to the Kerrygold site, I didn’t see mention of corn as one of the supplementary feeds. Given the research by the Institute for Responsible Technolgy, who is one of the most comprehensive source of GMO health risk information on the web, “these unlabeled genetically modified (GM) foods carry a risk of triggering life-threatening allergic reactions, and evidence collected over the past decade now suggests that they are contributing to higher allergy rates”. Yes. Google “Iceland Silage” and you’ll see images of huge white plastic wrapped hay bales. I just read the description on the Trader Joes Organic butter – it no longer states is grass fed. At least KerryGold is up-front and honest. Please seek the advice of a qualified healthcare provider. During my search I came across your site and couldn’t believe what I was reading when I got to the 3% GM’s in the butter! Rumiano European Style Organic Salted Butter, 8 oz $ 3.99 ea. Hi Sarah! Top notch award winning cheeses, cream cheeses, butter and more. New Zealand may be an exception. Again, totally normal and totally traditional. Anchor butter is imported from New Zealand — land of reliably grass-fed lamb. The majority of our cows’ supplementary feed is locally grown crops such as wheat and barley, not corn and soy????? With regard to the use of “GMO’s” in Europe the decision is left up to each member state to make it’s own decision to allow or not. I ended up taking a little over 2 pounds of cheese, one being the Dry Jack which is more pricey due to the aging. I will stick with my biofeedfack on this one, and not damn the company because they aren’t able (yet) to be 100% GM free. 100% grass-fed organic is best, but in the absence of 100% grass-fed, I will always choose GMO-free / certified organic. This is what my Trader Joe’s Organic Butter says on the back: ~~~Rumiano also distributes Landmark raw You are welcome to email them directly and ask, just like I did. Hi Tam. They answered that it was still entirely unadulterated — but I found it tasted disgusting!