Butter with palm oil, and the price is gold: Roskachestvo revealed the truth about popular brands of butter

Roskachestvo checked the quality of butter.

Experts checked the quality of butter from 20 brands made according to GOST R 52969-2008. It turned out that not all manufacturers comply with the requirements of the standard. And some add palm oil to butter. According to the results of the study, Roskachestvo added 6 brands of butter to the List of Goods with Violations. And seven more brands were blacklisted due to the detection of vegetable fats in them.

Palm oil in butter

According to GOST, butter should not contain vegetable fats. However, experts found vegetable fats in the butter of the following brands: - "Trading House Snezhka" 72.5% - "Brest-Litovsk" 72.5% - "Petrovskoe" 82.5% - "Volzhskie prostors" 82.5% - "Milava" 82.5% - "Russian Butter" 82.5% - "Ekoniva" 82.5%

Roskachestvo sent the results of the examination to the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being (Rospotrebnadzor). The agency will take appropriate measures against manufacturers.

The most popular types of butter

The most popular types of butter are: - Sweet cream butter - Salted butter - Cultured butter - Whipped butter - Ghee

Sweet cream butter is made from fresh cream and has a mild, slightly sweet flavor. Salted butter is made from cream that has been salted, and it has a more pronounced flavor than sweet cream butter. Cultured butter is made from cream that has been fermented with lactic acid bacteria, and it has a tangy flavor. Whipped butter is made from butter that has been whipped with air, and it has a light and fluffy texture. Ghee is made from butter that has been clarified by removing the milk solids, and it has a high smoke point and a nutty flavor.