Irish delicacy named world’s best unsalted butter

By: Trademagazin Date: 2025. 08. 12. 10:30

Not all butters are created equal, as evidenced by the International Cheese and Dairy Awards (ICDA), one of the world’s most prestigious dairy competitions, where this year Kerrygold Grass-Fed Unsalted Pure Irish Butter won the award for the world’s best unsalted butter produced outside the UK.

The winning Irish butter is made exclusively from the milk of grass-fed cows. This European-style butter is known for its bright yellow color, delicately sour taste and high butterfat content, which results in a creamier, tastier and more unique texture than typical American butters.

In the salted butter category, Taste Atlas’s 4% salt butter from France topped this year’s ranking of salted butters. The premium artisanal product is made using traditional methods, kneaded by hand and on a wooden board, which gives it its silky texture and rich, full-bodied taste.

The world’s best butters are therefore not only basic foods, but also true gastronomic specialties, which go far beyond everyday categories in their preparation method, flavor, and quality.