Kerrygold softer butter - now with added olive oil!

bwims

Has anyone gone to kerrygold.com? Their Irish customers don't have to suffer this indignity.

I have just sent the following to idb@idb.ie (their contact address)

Hello,

It's nice to see that you are considering your Irish customers by continuing to make the softer butter available to them.

We in the UK, unfortunately are being fobbed off with an adulterated product, viz "Spreadable" with olive oil, as if this was a benefit!

You say on your irish web page:

"Why eat butter:
...
Butter does not contain any vegetable oils.
..."

To which I say: "Quite!" Is this rank hypocrisy or what?

If I wanted vegetable oils, I would eat margarine. Why are you lending your name to this travesty? Is it some sort of pressure by the BMA / UK Government axis?

You should know that there is now an alternative, which I will be publishing on your Facebook page: Loseley Summer Meadow naturally soft butter.

I'm afraid you are going to lose customers in the UK over this.

bwims

GlynD wrote: »

It's supply and demand innit? If the "soft butter" was selling well they wouldn't withdraw it.

You're probably right, and it is most likely due a continuous stream of misinformation about butter and heart disease promulgated by the government propaganda puppets, viz the mainstream media.

( Off Topic)

I used to weigh 13 stone, mainly because I cut down on protein and ate carbs as recommended by the BMA; I ate margarine and then discovered that trans-fatty acids were worse for you than saturated fats, and it's quite hard to get marge without them. My blood pressure was medium to high and I wound up getting put on statins (which I gave up because they affected my ability to think) and a completely useless diet sheet.

I went back to protein and fats, cut out all bread, sugar, rice, pasta and margarine and lost 20 lbs and my blood pressure has been ideal ever since.

All science is politicised nowadays and that included medical science. The UK seems to be particularly bad.

It's easier to say that "this diet is right for everyone" instead of saying "we are all different. This diet works for a lot of people but it will kill a percentage who will get extremely fat. Those people need a low carb diet. If in doubt, get a referral to a nutritionist/dietician"

(a) because it is less confusing to the less-gifted, but (b) mainly because it would increase the NHS bill.

(on topic)

so my guess is that the brainwashed British public don't buy butter because all the media is pushing the low-fat means healthy message.

So much for the stereotype of the Irish being thick. They obviously do buy butter, as the product is still available there.

moonrakerz

bwims wrote: »

Your link does not show anything about "softer" butter.

Can you give a better link?

http://www.kerrygold.co.uk/index.php?p=kerrygold-softer-butter,33

You still are confusing the point at issue - if you use the words "spread" or "spreadable" - you are NOT talking about the item you are looking for. Spreads have added vegetable oils to actually make them spread.

Mrs_Chip

Hehe Bwims, you really have got the bit between your teeth! I think the Loseley butter is quite top-end (i.e. expensive!) so Waitrose and Ocado sound right for it's suppliers.

I pretty much said the same thing in my email - they have relegated their product into the ranks of all the other bu88erd about spreads.

Anyone thinking that eating spreads is good for you should have a read of this -

http://truthabouthumanfood.blogspot.com/2011/03/margarine-avoid-at-all-costs.html

Very good reasons to avoid these products imo. Not saying this is what they are doing to this stuff, but they have to do something to make the oil solid at room temperature :eek:.

GlynD

bwims wrote: »

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So much for the stereotype of the Irish being thick. They obviously do buy butter, as the product is still available there.

Given that Kerrygold is made by Kerry Co-op, an Irish company which owns substantial UK assets, I'd say they have manipulated that particular stereotype well.

bwims

Oh, and apparently the new stuff is not even pure butter and olive oil! According to the Sainsbury's website, it also includes other vegetable oils!
Butter (69%), Vegetable Oils (20%), Water, Olive Oil (5%), Buttermilk, Salt (1.3%), Milk Proteins, Vitamin E, Colour (Carotenes). Contains no hydrogenated fats or oils

So to the earlier question "What's wrong with Olive Oil" I Say "for a start it's only one fifth of the added veg oils, and the rest are unknown"!

bwims

moonrakerz wrote: »

(link removed cos I'm new.... sigh)

You still are confusing the point at issue - if you use the words "spread" or "spreadable" - you are NOT talking about the item you are looking for. Spreads have added vegetable oils to actually make them spread.

Yes, did you use google with Site: to find that ? It's not in their current product list.

However, YOU are missing the point that you CAN'T BUY "Softer" anymore, (unless you are Irish) so the semantics are moot. Have a look at the other posts.... it's been confirmed.

Me for Loseley.

Mrs_Chip

Bwims - me too, I low-carbed for 3 years, and did a lot of reading about the so-called truth about the food we eat. Like you I believe that the anti-fat brigade have a lot to answer for. I have come to the conclusion that we are all different, some people do well on low fat, some low carb, some are ok whatever they eat (:mad:). Does not make one or the other right or wrong. I do think it is not right when food has to be doctored to make it palatable, that cannot be good for anyone.

Sorry OP, a bit OT!

adouglasmhor

Why not get ordinary butter and keep some in a butter dish at room temperature and it will be softer anyway?

bwims

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Why not get ordinary butter and keep some in a butter dish at room temperature and it will be softer anyway?

Yes, but it's hardly the point is it?