Lurpak

[StarvingMarvin222]

I bought Lurpak in Iceland the other day.
I've never had it before.
I'm from Dublin.

Can I ask why does everyone rave about it.
I found it very meh.

A proper block of butter is better but if it's spreadable Countrylife is best

I’ve never liked the taste of Lurpak. Morrisons spreadable all the way for me.

Lidl's Cornish butter with salt crystals in the black wrapping.food of the gods.

I used to love it, Clover too, but once you turn back to butter there really is no comparison.

Butter for the win.

@SilverBranchGoldenPears
are Lurpak, Norpak and the Lidl version all the same?

After years and years on Lurpak, I've switched to the French brand President and love it. I couldn't cope with the shrinkflation , 200g is too small. And as president was once on offer I made the leap for 250g bar that tastes great

Lurpak butter is made with milk and salt. Lurpak spreadable butter (and all spreadable butters) have oil added so it is soft from the fridge.

Lurpak is a cultured butter, it is made using bacterial cultures (like yoghurt) so it has a slightly sour and tangy taste compared to purely churned butter.

Personally, I’m not a fan.

Has anyone tried the Irish spread called Dairygold? OMG it's fab. I had it in Ireland recently and I ate so much toast that I was in carb overload, just to put more and more Dairygold on it. Not sure if it is sold in UK.

Kerrygold is gorgeous too BTW. I leave it in the butter dish on the side. Have to stop making toast for it though.

I like a rich salted butter but for everyday spreading we use President spreadable. It is just there butter with added cream rather than oils to make it slightly more spreadable. Slightly though, it still can't spread out of the fridge so it just as as unhelpful as any other butter in Winter! It is cultured but definitely better than Lurpak, to my taste anyway.

Congrats 🎉

What butter dish do people use? Is it better to have one with sides or not?

@WappityWabbit as long as they still taste like they used to then I'm there! That looks lovely btw x

Are you talking about the spread ( in the plastic container) or the foil wrapped actual butter? Two completely different tastes

Our Bengal would only eat lurpak. Dh would put some on a plate for him when he had toast. Other butters were rejected.

I suspect the cat only found out about butter after dh left the pack open on the work top.

My bengal likes lurpak too. And ice cream, but won't touch a Mcflurry so that told me something.

Anyway- I like lurpak. And butter. But I prefer lurpak.

Irish butter is the best, nothing else compares. Lurpak meh.

Lurpak is my favourite spread, but only the salted spreadable version. Unsalted Lurpak tastes very bland to me.

If high cholesterol - Kerry Gold is supposed to be best because cows are only fed grass - which is apparently good.

I don't like Lurpak. Kerrygold all the way, in a butter dish.

@Q124 I have this one, keeps the butter perfectly in the cupboard for ages.

That's quite beautiful!

I switched from Lurpak to Tesco Butterpak because it is nearly half the price and no one in my family can tell the difference.

I dont like any type of spreadable "butter". Give me a block of own brand salted block butter any day. I also keep it in the fridge so that I can have toast or crumpets with my butter 😀

Agree. And they do a spreadable version.

I prefer President for an unsalted or lightly salted butter that’s a good all-rounder, so can be used in cooking as well as spreading. I’m also partial to a bit of Kerrygold if I fancy something richer on toast though.