Butterfat refers to the natural fat content found in milk, especially in cow's milk. It gives butter its creamy texture and is also present in other dairy products like cream and cheese.
Full definition
Of particular interest is the vitamin K2 content
in butterfat from grass - fed cows.
Straus Family Creamery butter has a very high
butterfat content of 85 %, indicative of their adherence to quality in the way in which they make their butter and the balanced diet of their cows.
The fat - soluble vitamins in
butterfat from grass - fed ruminant animals aid mineral absorption and support endocrine function, allowing optimum physical development and lifelong good health.
When I am making pastry I use Plugra, which is a European butter with a much
higher butterfat content and so worth the extra inch on my thighs.
Whitey's keeps its premium ice cream «eatable» by maintaining its fat content at 12 percent rather than the 16 to 18
percent butterfat used by other super-premium brands.
This leaves the pure golden - yellow
butterfat as the middle layer.
With a spoon, carefully scoop out the foamy milk solids (be careful to leave the
yellow butterfat behind).
Some people who do not tolerate dairy well and still have an issue with
consuming butterfat (some do not) and may need to keep consumption to a minimum.
Quality
butterfat contains trace minerals such as manganese, zinc, chromium, copper, and iodine.
After reading the gelatin post yesterday I made one with mascarpone and a little whole milk in which I dissolve the gelatin: If the mascarpone gets hot the finished product will have a layer of
separated butterfat on the surface and the silky texture will be lost, so I warm the milk, dissolve the gelatin in it, let it cool a bit and then temper it into mascarpone that I've smoothed out with a little milk or cream.
Although some claim that we can obtain all the vitamin D we need by spending a short amount of time each day in the sun, Price found that healthy primitive diets were rich in vitamin D - containing foods
like butterfat, eggs, liver, organ meats, marine oils and seafood, particularly shrimp and crab.
Making ghee is pretty simple: Butter is heated then and strained in a process that removes all the water and milk solids, leaving pure
butterfat behind.
The organic butter flavor in Melt Organic is basically
concentrated butterfat, which we are transitioning to organic ghee so it will be casein - and lactose - free; the non-dairy butter flavor that will be used is organic compliant, allergen - free, and is 99 % composed of organic sunflower oil.
We need to eat
more butterfat from pasture - fed animals, more lard from pigs raised outdoors, more eggs from pastured - poultry, and more shrimp and other seafood rich in vitamin D. And we need to recognize the demonization of butter and similar healthy foods for what it is — a ploy, bolstered by the phony cholesterol theory, that has convinced Americans to substitute imitation foods for the nourishing foods of their ancestors.
Keep in mind that butter's nutritional value depends on how the animals are raised, however, as the fatty acid composition of
butterfat varies according to the animal's diet.
It's loaded with questionable ingredients, likely to cause digestive disorders among other symptoms, and doesn't even supply
much butterfat, which is the real reason people go to the freezer to get out that pint of ice cream.
«Demand for
butterfat continues to be a driving force within the dairy industry,» Vitaliano said.
In fact, there are some good reasons to
eat butterfat, especially when it comes from cows that have been grazing on fresh, green grass.
Fat free half and half is made by
replacing butterfat (a mostly saturated fat) with corn syrup and adding chemicals and thickeners to simulate the texture and mouth - feel of fat.
When using regular butter, I take about 1 oz of it and clarify it, removing a bit of the liquid content ups the
overall butterfat to free liquid ratio of store butter.
Simply defined, clarified butter is unsalted butter that has its milk solids and water removed so all that remains is pure liquid
golden butterfat.
You will know it is ready when there is no more foam or bubbles and it stops boiling — this means that all the milk solids (which were causing the boiling and foaming) are gone and all that remains is pure,
delicious butterfat.
Its
low butterfat content and smooth texture make it a great base for fluffy cheesecakes and mousse.
Through the first eight months of this year, Chinese whole milk powder imports grew 11 % compared to the same time frame in 2016: Skim milk powder was up 29 %, cheese rose 23 %,
butterfat gained 19 % and whey increased by 9 %.
Flavored cheese sauce made with natural cheddar,
anhydrous butterfat and reduced - lactose whey.
However, U.S. manufacturers have the ability to
produce butterfat levels from 80 - 85 %.
For this case, I tend follow our neighbors in Italy at the gelaterias, whose definition is perhaps more expansive than those used elsewhere as well as their ice creams (gelati) have
less butterfat, and often only use milk, or soy milk, as I recently saw on my trip to Rome.
There are a lot of vegan chocolate bars out there, but they all have the wrong texture and mouth feel (missing that
butterfat after all these years, I guess).
«On this farm, six years ago, the
average butterfat was 3.8 %, the average protein was 3.25.
Crème fraîche delivers tang along with
creamy butterfat to this deconstructed salad; Greek yogurt can be substituted if you wish.