Do you know the difference between butter and margarine that are similar in its looks and uses? Butter is made from cream (milk fat) that is separated from raw milk, and it has rich flavor that derives from milk. In the meanwhile margarine is made from edible oil, and its hardness can be adjusted depending on the oil you use. You may use them for different purposes and preferences.

Grass-fed butter is butter made from raw milk of grazing cows that are raised fed on grass. It has a lot of carotene and has strong yellowish tone. It also has a lot of protein and unsaturated fatty acid, which is why it is attracting many health-conscious people’s attention. Most of New Zealand butter that we deal in at Marinfood is this grass-fed butter.

Butter, although it may seem not so healthy because of its high calorie content, actually has many good health effects. 80% of Butter component is milk fat. Milk fat has one of the best digestive property in different kinds of edible oils, and its absorptivity is more than 95%. That is why even infants, elderly and people with weak stomachs can enjoy it.

Butter has a lots of vitamin A that helps strengthening immunity. Vitamin A activates immunocyte to prevent intrusion of viruses. It is rich in a variety of nutrients including vitamin D that promotes absorption of calcium and vitamin E that prevents aging. It also has conjugated linoleic acid that helps burn fat and helpful in restraining hyperlipidemia and offal fat and also medium chain fatty acid that prevents decline in cognitive function.