Raw Butter

99.9% pastured grass butterfat! Good to know when comparing our raw butter to commercial butter which is only 80-85% butterfat because it retains a much water at packaging.

Unsalted, void of grains, soy or corn and will continue to ripen, unless you refrigerate or freeze it to stop this native culturing process. Remains creamy sweet for upwards of three weeks if refrigerated, and will begin to ripen much sooner at room temp. Freezes very well for 8+ months. To learn more about the Raw Milk or Raw Cream our Raw Butter is churned from, please visit our milk description.

We're churning a small batch of butter until Spring. Come Autumn/Winter, the herd gifts less milk due to shorter pasture grasses reshooting, shorter daylight, and seasonal drops in temperature. LESS MILK=LITTLE ZERO CREAM=ZERO BUTTER.

Before inventing the cream separator or refrigeration, our ancestors skimmed cream by hand over several days, which allowed it to ripen causing the enzymes and CLAs, to give a fragrance of cheese. Raw Butter is still enjoyed this very same way, in Europe, Asia and the Middle East but is often frowned upon in the USA. After the cream separator was invented, it became cost advantageous to whip the cream into butter immediately instead of resting the cream and allowing it to ripen, ergo "sweet cream butter".

Ingredients: Pastured Raw Cream

Per Florida statute: Protein (min) 4%, Fat (min) 4.5%, Fiber (max) 1%

Milking and bottling at Alday Arcadia, FL for Heritage Hen Farm. Per state statute, our raw dairy is sold as not for human consumption livestock feed. Local pick up only, we do not ship.