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.

Love Lurpak. It's has a nice taste and is spreadable. Normal butter needs left out in order to spread properly and I don't have time for that.

I did try cheaper ones they were awful. I especially can't stand any margarine, they do actually taste of nothing/horrible. Lurpak on toast is the best!

It's very popular where I am in central Scotland. Def had a lot of conversations about the price of it in the last couple of yrs lol.

lurpak tastes like continental butter which is typically used in cooking, like in cakes or risotto etc

British salted butter is way nicer and lasts good on toast etc

Yes, I used proper block butter and keep it out of the fridge in a china butter dish with a lid. Spreads perfectly well.

No they are not, Lurpak is much paler in colour than all the others.
Before it was bought by Arla it had a wonderful taste to it. My grandma always bought it and the taste was like nothing else

I agree, President is lovely.

Can people make it clear if they're talking about spreadable rather than butter because otherwise posts don't make sense.

It's like the difference between instant and ground coffee, not the same at all.

We use Yeo Valley spreadable for day to day sandwich, toast making etc. and blocks of proper salted butter for anything else.

President spreadable is good but £££

I bloody love lurpak

Oh goodness no forget the spreadable stuff. Leave butter out of fridge in a butter dish instead.

Thank goodness margarine appears to have died a death. Disgusting stuff.( Fun fact - my friend's father invented the first marketable version. He worked for a chemicals company.)

Also thumbs up for Président. Yorkshire butter is also very good indeed ( I think made by the Wensleydale creamery but may be wrong.)

Proper butter freezes very well too, so if I see an offer, I tend to buy a few blocks extra.

The one made by Longley Farm (blue foil cylinders rather than rectangular blocks, made in Yorkshire) is at least good as President.

I want it spread thickly enough to make teeth marks when I bite into the bread.

@Turophilic a woman after my own heart! Longley Farm cream is exceptional too. Must try the butter!

When I lived in Ireland I always bought Dairygold, wish I could buy it in the UK

I mean, I quite like Lurpak, but I can't say it has come up in many conversations in my life, let alone ever hearing anyone 'raving' about it.

Only the spreadable version has oil in it, like all spreadable butters do. Normal Lurpak is just pure butter. I agree that it's no better than other butter though.

@GrazingSheep

The one in my fridge says:Butter (Milk), Lactic Culture (Milk), Minimum Fat content 82%
I don't eat butter because of milk allergy but as were are Scandinavian we do buy Arla. Husband and children prefer Lurpak.