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Justine Elamatha
Mar 30, 20232 min read
Waitrose Duchy Organic English Salted Butter - UK (England)
From back when King Charles was still the Prince of Wales! Waitrose has the contract for the Prince of Wales' Duchy Organic brand of...
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Justine Elamatha
Mar 30, 20232 min read
Bur Bön Burro - Italy
Who actually makes this butter? If you know, please get in touch! Trying to find the manufacturing company for this butter is something...
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Justine Elamatha
Mar 30, 20232 min read
Galbani Santa Lucia Burro Classico - Italy
Galbani's butter offering! Perhaps the best known Italian meat/dairy brand outside of Italy, their product line wouldn't be complete...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Amul Lactic Butter (Buffalo) - India
Even though this butter is described as 'lactic' what they ACTUALLY mean is that it's pure Buffalo Butter! Unique and rare, this is a...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Milba Salted Butter - Germany
This is a 'budget' butter available here in Dubai at a 'budget' supermarket. But does it live up to its 'budget' reputation? There is...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Latteria Chiuro Burro Gold Valtellina - Italy
Somehow one of the more 'Italian' Italian butters, this dairy Co-op butter makes a great blank canvas for delicate flavours. When trying...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 16, 20223 min read
Graham's Organic Slightly Salted Scottish Butter - UK (Scotland)
Ooh, the SLIGHTLY SALTED butter! This is a rare amount of salt and it makes a HUGE difference! There's a reason that Great Taste Award is...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Latteria Soresina Burro Soresina Latte Panna - Italy
This one might win for Italian butter with the longest name. Latteria Soresina does a great job of making butters in the Po river valley...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Essential Waitrose & Partners Unsalted Dairy Butter - UK (England)
We won't argue with Waitrose on this one. Dairy Butter is definitely an essential. We're very lucky to have Waitrose here in Dubai, even...
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Justine Elamatha
Oct 24, 20222 min read
Echiré Beurre de Baratte d'Excellence Demi-Sel - France
Gorgeous French butter, churned to perfection in traditional wooden barrels but on an epic scale. What could go wrong? Founded in 1891,...
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Justine Elamatha
Sep 30, 20222 min read
L&L Plaquette Beurre Salé - Belgium
Unpasteurised butter is exciting, complex and rare! Unique, artisanal and raw milk salted butter has arrived in Dubai at The...
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Justine Elamatha
Sep 30, 20223 min read
L&L Plaquette Beurre Doux - Belgium
Unpasteurised butter is exciting, complex and rare! Unique, artisanal and raw milk butter has finally arrived at The International Butter...
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Justine Elamatha
Sep 27, 20222 min read
Echiré Beurre de Baratte d'Excellence Doux - France
Oooh, one of the most reputable butters of France! Artisanal butter from an Origine Protégée and everything! Founded in 1891, Echiré has...
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Justine Elamatha
Sep 14, 20223 min read
Faggiola Unsalted Butter - Italy
Italian butter, through and through, comes to us through the virtue of travel! Faggiola is a nice, typical Italian butter (light;...
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Justine Elamatha
Sep 9, 20222 min read
Antica Cremeria Unsalted Buter - Italy
We finally found Italian butter in Dubai! This is one we recognise from our travels in Italy and we know we liked it in-country but does...
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Justine Elamatha
Sep 9, 20222 min read
Antica Cremeria Salted Butter - Italy
We finally located Italian butter in Dubai! We recognised the brand from our pre-covid travels but this is SALTED - quite unusual for an...
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Justine Elamatha
Sep 7, 20222 min read
Emborg Unsalted - Denmark
A little bite of Danish butter for a hungry, international market. We were very excited to find Danish butter in Dubai - to date, the...
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Justine Elamatha
Aug 12, 20222 min read
I Taufi Artisanal Butter - Italy
Agricultural tourism is huge in Italy and we were lucky enough to bump into this delightful, organic, little butter from Cutigliano,...
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Justine Elamatha
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Camelicious Camel Ghee with Arabic Herbs - United Arab Emirates
We are so lucky to be based here in Dubai and to have easy access to such 'exotic' things as camel ghee! Ghee is a different type of...
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Justine Elamatha
Feb 9, 20223 min read
Le Gaslonde Beurre de Baratte - France
True love is delicate, resilient, multifaceted and hard to find. Much like this little French gem, gifted to us by a dear friend who...
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Justine Elamatha
Feb 4, 20222 min read
Emborg Salted Butter- Denmark
Our first Danish butter was extremely cagey about its origins! At first we thought it was Belgian but our beautiful Belgian friend...
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Justine Elamatha
Jan 26, 20222 min read
Graham's Slightly Salted Scottish Butter - UK (Scotland)
What a delight it was to see another region of the UK represented on our shelves! We were particularly excited to see that this butter...
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Justine Elamatha
Jan 19, 20223 min read
Shullsburg Creamery Salted Butter - USA
Our first pure butter from the US is a tasty little treat - for anyone raised in North America, this one tastes like home! It is mighty...
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Justine Elamatha
Jan 12, 20222 min read
Anchor UK - UK (England)
Anchor UK rounds out our Anchor butter reviews! Produced in Wiltshire by Arla Foods, its parent company is still the New Zealand Anchor...
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Justine Elamatha
Jan 5, 20222 min read
Organic Milk Organic Butter with Cocoa - Ukraine
We weren't sure what to expect with a 'butter with cocoa' but it's truly mind-blowing. It's not cocoa butter... it's not chocolate...
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Justine Elamatha
Jan 5, 20222 min read
Organic Milk 82.6% Sweetcream Butter - Ukraine
We are privileged to have access to multiple Ukranian butters and this brand does not disappoint! When they say 'sweetcream', they mean...
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Justine Elamatha
Oct 6, 20212 min read
Organic Milk 74.5% Organic Sweetcream Butter - Ukraine
We are privileged to have access to multiple Ukranian butters and this brand does not disappoint! When they say 'sweetcream', they mean...
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Justine Elamatha
May 31, 20213 min read
Anchor NZ Salted Butter - New Zealand
Our first proper New Zealand butter! We sampled the salted and unsalted at the same time and there's a reason why New Zealand has the...
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Justine Elamatha
Mar 5, 20213 min read
Anchor NZ Unsalted Butter - New Zealand
Our first proper New Zealand butter! We sampled the salted and unsalted at the same time and there's a reason why New Zealand has the...
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Justine Elamatha
Feb 28, 20212 min read
Organic Larder Fresh Organic Butter - Italy
Despite the fact that Organic Larder is a UAE company, this butter originates from Italy! We're very excited to see this butter because,...
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Justine Elamatha
Dec 5, 20202 min read
Yeo Valley Organic Unsalted Butter - UK (England)
Yeo Valley is an incredible organic dairy producer. Perhaps more well-known for their yoghurt, they also produce decadent butter in...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 29, 20202 min read
Ferma Salted Butter - Ukraine
Like its unsalted counterpart, Ferma's salted butter is a tasty treat that packs a punch. We loved the complexity of this well-balanced...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 29, 20203 min read
Ferma Unsalted Butter - Ukraine
You have to go out of your way to find this Ukrainian butter but it's well worth the sojourn. This is a unique butter that needs to be...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 12, 20203 min read
Azza Cow Ghee - Egypt
Pure cow ghee from the Egypt- and our first product from Africa! This stuff packs a punch and can hold up to any spice you can throw at...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 12, 20204 min read
Land O'Lakes Butter with Canola Oil - USA
Our first American butter is a blend but is also the only one we can locate in Dubai at the moment. However, from what we can tell, the...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 8, 20203 min read
We're in the media!
The wonderful Paulina Gutiérrez from Food & Wine Magazine en Español found us and has just published a fabulous interview! If you're...
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Justine Elamatha
Nov 5, 20203 min read
Milkio Organic Grass-Fed Ghee - New Zealand
Premium taste from a premium grass-fed cow butter ghee! Ah, New Zealand. A country famous for, amongst other things, grass-fed dairy and...
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Justine Elamatha
Oct 9, 20203 min read
Andechser Natur Bio Almbutter- Germany
Our first German butter! Cultured, unsalted, ostensibly Alpine-pastured and organic, this butter is an impressive example of the...
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Justine Elamatha
Oct 3, 20202 min read
Nadec Natural Butter - Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is a prolific dairy producer and is really quite talented at creating their own French-style butters. Nadec takes it to the...
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Justine Elamatha
Sep 25, 20203 min read
Paul Beurre Doux - France
Beautiful butter comes in all shapes, sizes and packages. Paul's simply-potted butter served with their petit déjeuner français is a...
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Justine Elamatha
Sep 18, 20202 min read
Jersey Dairy Unsalted Butter - UK (Channel Islands)
Jersey butter! From Jersey! Genuine Jersey! This is our very first pure Jersey Jersey Jersey butter and it did not disappoint. When...
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Justine Elamatha
Sep 11, 20203 min read
Bio-Wiesenmilch Bio Süßrahm Teebutter- Austria
Tea Butter! Wait... what is Tea Butter? It's not butter tea and it's sold as a block of butter in the refrigerated section of...
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Justine Elamatha
Aug 26, 20202 min read
Milma Ghee - India
This is far from our first ghee ever, but it is the first one to get a writeup! This is a fantastic ghee- rich, sweet-smelling and...
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Justine Elamatha
Aug 20, 20202 min read
Paysan Breton Le Beurre Moulé Demi-Sel - France
After three personal recommendations, of course the IBC had to profile this one! Proper French butter from Brittany is always a delight...
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Justine Elamatha
Aug 12, 20202 min read
Kerrygold Salted Butter - Ireland
Any Irish person I've ever met has declared Kerrygold Salted Irish Butter to be the ultimate in perfection and pronounced everything else...
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Justine Elamatha
Aug 10, 20203 min read
Isigny Sainte Mère Salted Butter - France
Which came first? The country or the butter... or the reputation? Aaaah, French butter. World-renowned, internationally respected and...
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Justine Elamatha
Aug 10, 20202 min read
Virgilio Organic Unsalted Butter - Italy
The only Italian butter so far discovered in Dubai- it's unique! Italian butter is unlike any other Western butter out there. The first...
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Justine Elamatha
Aug 10, 20202 min read
Président Unsalted Butter - France
Avec ce délice, c'est le jour de la francophonie! It's France Day, y'all! Qu'on profite bien des délices de la France! One of the best...
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Justine Elamatha
Aug 5, 20202 min read
Lurpak Salted Butter - Denmark
Our first review of our European juggernaut! Like Président, this is one of the top commercial butters on the market. Solid supply chain,...
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Justine Elamatha
Jun 14, 20202 min read
Almarai Unsalted Butter - Saudi Arabia
Readily available here in the UAE, Almarai butter is a tasty treat for those who can find it in their local stores! Forgive the...
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