Lurpak® is produced at the Arla Foods dairy “Holstebro Smør” in the Jutlandian town of Holstebro. Lurpak® is sold worldwide, and is often served in small flight packages onboard airplanes.
LURPAK® QUALITY BUTTER SINCE 1901
We have had an uncompromising approach to making real, quality lactic butter since 1901. Made only with the highest quality ingredients Lurpak® butter has a distinctive, creamy delicate and fresh taste.
In addition, our sites also make butter for retail and food service own label products across the UK. Lurpak® is a pale-coloured lactic butter made using the milk from our owners in Denmark.
Lurpak butter and its dupes have increased in price over the last year. Aldi, Lidl and Morrisons all have their own-brand equivalent of Lurpak. Aldi sells Nordpak, Lidl offers Danpak and Morrisons stock Spreadable.
Lurpak® is produced at the Arla Foods dairy “Holstebro Smør” in the Jutlandian town of Holstebro.
Nordpak Spreadable Slightly Salted 500g.
In a nutshell, the Nordpak is thicker, creamier and less salty, but the Lurpak is slightly easier to spread and more salty.
The butter company raised the price of its products to ensure that dairy farmers get a "fair deal", according to the BBC. In a announcement, Lurpak's owner, Arla Foods, disclosed that dairy farmers have been losing money as a result of rising fertiliser and fuel prices.
Verdict: Still lower fat than butter and very low in saturates. High polyunsaturates make this a soft spread but these are not as good for heart health as they do not contribute to good HDL cholesterol levels.
Bordier. France's Bordier is often considered by many in the culinary world to be among the best butter brands on the market. This is because of Bordier's determination to return to traditional methods, where the butter is kneaded by hand on a wooden table instead of being processed with factory equipment.
Aldi and Lidl have both produced fantastic versions, Nordpak (Aldi) and Danpak (Lidl), and for comparison Alice bought Morrison's own Spreadable. The branding, as you can see, are all similar to Lurpak's.
To create Lurpak® Spreadable, we blend pure Lurpak® butter with rapeseed oil making it spreadable straight from the fridge. Try it on your favourite fresh bread and top with whatever you fancy. Be inventive, see where the flavours take you.
Description. Blended Spread 78% (52% milk fat & 26% rapeseed oil). Genuine excellence and mouthwatering flavour don't just come out of nowhere, and Lurpak® has had an uncompromising approach to making real, quality butter since 1901.
Allergen Advice: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in uppercase. Storage Conditions: Keep refrigerated. Suitable for freezing.
Why is lurpak white? Lurpak uses a Lactic culture as opposed to sweet cream. Lactic culture is very pale, giving Lurpak it's creamy white colour.
Lurpak has knocked Flora off the top spot in the butter and spreads category after an almost 20-year reign, signalling a switch in consumer demand for natural rather than manufactured fats.
Lurpak came into existence in October 1901 after a combination of several Danish dairy farmers decided to create and register a common brand and mark for butter to increase sales. Its logo is based on the lur, an ancient instrument once used in Scandinavia.
Leading brands of 'Butter/ Light Butter' in Great Britain based on the number of consumers are 'Lurpak' with 8,072,660 consumers, followed by 'Anchor' with 4,694,950 consumers and 'Tesco' with 4,613,680 consumers in 2021.
If you're looking for the closest to Lurpak, then Aldi's version wins hands down. However, if you are considering switching to affordable margarine, then Clover — 60p cheaper than Aldi's version — is good value in these tough times.
The change in colour is likely to be due to the seasons/pasture that our cows graze on as this regularly effects how "Yellow" a butter can look.
A 500g tub of Lurpak's Spreadable Slightly Salted has increased by £1.17 or 35% on average in this two-year period.
It may be that your fridge is too cold. To ensure optimum spreadability, we recommend that you store your Lurpak butter at around 5 degrees! We hope this helps.
An interesting fact that not many food lovers will know, is that Lurpak actually won 'best butter in the world' at the World Championship Cheese Contest back in 2018.