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.
LURPAK® QUALITY BUTTER SINCE 1901
The most valuable and flavoursome part of the milk – the cream – is carefully "ripened" before the butter making process. Lactic cultures are added, giving a fresh and slightly aromatic note with the unmistakable creaminess that creates the characteristic Lurpak® flavour. That's it.
Nicely creamy, but I would have preferred a bit more saltiness coming through. However still much much preferable to Aldi's Beautifully Buttery — and worth the extra cost. Very good spreadability.
Security tags were added to packs of Lurpak last year as the price of a 1kg tub reached more than £9, prompting outrage on social media. The practice of shrinking products, known as “shrinkflation”, has become increasingly common as companies battle soaring costs of everything from ingredients to energy and labour.
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 butter is made from milk, but their spreadable range contains rapeseed oil.
Lurpak is made of milk from non-organic Danish cows, who's diet contains a significant amount of grass products.
Lurpak® spreadable butter blended with vegetable oil , a blend of pure butter and vegetable oil.
Nordpak - Aldi
Taste-wise, it tastes like butter, not quite as strong as Lurpak tastes, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. The savoury spread complimented the toast, rather than overpowering it, something I wouldn't have noticed about Lurpak if I hadn't tasted it first.
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.
Lurpak® Unsalted Butter is made from 100% fresh milk. We simply take the cream from the milk and churn until it turns into butter. That's it. Genuine excellence and mouth-watering flavour doesn't just come out of nowhere, and Lurpak® has had an uncompromising approach to making quality butter since 1901.
Lurpak butter is a dairy product made from cow's milk and has a higher fat content than regular butter. Lurpak butter is also lower in water, which makes it easier to spread and less likely to clump.
First and foremost, Lurpak is made from cow's milk, which gives it a unique and delicious flavor. Additionally, Lurpak is also high in fat and contains no additives or preservatives, so it's ideal for those who are looking for a butter that is healthy and full of flavor.
Lactic culture is very pale, giving Lurpak it's creamy white colour.
Lurpak butter is made in Denmark from the purest Danish cow's milk.
Blended Spread 78% (52% milk fat & 26% rapeseed oil). Made from Natural Ingredients.
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!
“Grass-fed butter has the nutritional edge in that it offers more heart-healthy nutrients than regular butter in a less-processed product than margarine,” Malkani says. You can typically find grass-fed butter at the grocery store or natural foods market. Look for terms like “pasture” and “grass-fed” on the label.
Ingredients: Butter (62%) (MILK), rapeseed oil, water, lactic culture (MILK), salt. Blended spread 78%.
MADE FROM NATURAL INGREDIENTS
Which is why we make Lurpak® with just a few natural ingredients with humble beginnings, that bring sublime results. So you never have to compromise on quality or taste, as you spread, dollop and battle your way to a kitchen victory, with Lurpak® by your side.
Arla Foods, the dairy co-op behind Lurpak and Anchor, said the smaller pack size is an attempt to bring the branded butters to a more accessible price point. The price of butter has been susceptible to inflationary pressures over the past year, and consumers have taken notice.
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.
Imported from Ireland, this butter is made with milk from grass-fed cows. Whether you like butter on your baked potatoes, on your waffles and pancakes, or on a piece of plain toast, Countryside Creamery Pure Irish Butter won't disappoint.