Dairy products

Butter

Q:How much salt is in salted butter?
A:About 3.2g of salt per 200g of butter.

Butter

Butter is made by first separating the cream from the milk. The cream is then skimmed from the top and agitated until butter solids separates from the buttermilk. After this hardens it is butter.We recommend the PAL-SALTfor measuring the salt content of butter.

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Measurement methodm

1. Dice 10g of butter into small pieces.
2. Add 90g of warm water and stir.
3. Wait until the salt begins to dissolve into the warm water (about 1 minutes).
4. Measure the liquid.

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The Salt Content of Butter (Rough guide)

・Salted butter
1.9%
・Unsalted butter
0.0%
・Processed butter
1.3%
・Soft margarine
1.2%