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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...
Justine Elamatha
Mar 30, 20232 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Mar 30, 20232 min read
640
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Mar 30, 20232 min read
511
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 17, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 17, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 16, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 16, 20223 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 16, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 16, 20222 min read
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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,...
Justine Elamatha
Oct 24, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Sep 30, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Sep 30, 20223 min read
421
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Sep 27, 20222 min read
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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;...
Justine Elamatha
Sep 14, 20223 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Sep 9, 20222 min read
708
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Sep 9, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Sep 7, 20222 min read
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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,...
Justine Elamatha
Aug 12, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Feb 17, 20223 min read
773
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Feb 9, 20223 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Feb 4, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Jan 26, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Jan 19, 20223 min read
457
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Jan 12, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Jan 5, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Jan 5, 20222 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Oct 6, 20212 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
May 31, 20213 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Mar 5, 20213 min read
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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,...
Justine Elamatha
Feb 28, 20212 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Dec 5, 20202 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 29, 20202 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 29, 20203 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 12, 20203 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 12, 20204 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 8, 20203 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Nov 5, 20203 min read
760
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Andechser Natur Bio Almbutter- Germany
Our first German butter! Cultured, unsalted, ostensibly Alpine-pastured and organic, this butter is an impressive example of the...
Justine Elamatha
Oct 9, 20203 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Oct 3, 20202 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Sep 25, 20203 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Sep 18, 20202 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Sep 11, 20203 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Aug 26, 20202 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Aug 20, 20202 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Aug 12, 20202 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Aug 10, 20203 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Aug 10, 20202 min read
880
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Aug 10, 20202 min read
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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,...
Justine Elamatha
Aug 5, 20202 min read
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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...
Justine Elamatha
Jun 14, 20202 min read
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