Butter is a solid dairy product made by whipping fresh or fermented cream or milk, to separate the butterfat from the buttermilk. It is an excellent source of energy and calories, butter contains saturated fats, mono-saturated fats, and polyunsaturated fats, plenty of Vitamin A, Vitamin D and Cholesterol. This healthy fat comes along with numerous health benefits, especially butter made from many medicinal properties. It is generally used as a spread on plain or toasted bread products and a condiment on cooked vegetables, as well as in cooking, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying. Butter consists of butterfat, milk proteins and water. But sometimes it is confusing that is it healthy or not due to its rich fat content. But it’s only a myth that it is harmful to health. Actually, it is an excellent source of dietary fat, vitamin, and minerals that are essential for normal functioning and development of the body. Also, it promotes weight loss. Butter is one of those foods that can turn bland meals into masterpieces.
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Name in Other Languages | Afrikaans: Botter Albanian: Gjalpë Arabic: Zabda (زبدة) Armenian: Karag (կարագ) Azerbaijani: Kərə yağı Basque: Gurina Belarusian: Aliej (алей) Bosnian: Puter Bulgarian: масло Bengali: Mākhana (মাখন) Cebuano: Mantequilla Chichewa: Batala Chinese Simplified: Huángyóu (黄油) Catalan: Mantega Croatian: Maslac Czech: Máslo Danish: Smør Dutch: Boter Estonian: Või Esperanto: Butero Finnish: Voi Filipino: Mantikilya French: Beurre Galician : Manteiga German: Butter Greek: Voútyro (βούτυρο) Georgian: Karak’I (კარაქი) Gujarati: Mākhaṇa (માખણ) Haitian Creole: Bè Hausa: Man shanu Hebrew: חמאה Hindi: Makkhan (मक्खन) Hmong: Butter Hungarian: Vaj Icelandic: Smjör Indonesian: Mentega Igbo: Butter Irish: Im Italian: Burro Japanese: Batā ( バター) Javanese: Butter Kannada: Beṇṇe (ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ) Kazakh: Carı may (Cары май) Khmer: Bu (ប៊ឺ) Korean: Beoteo (버터) Latvian: Sviests Latin: Butyrum Lithuanian: Sviestas Lao: Man Boe (ມັນເບີ) Malayalam: Veṇṇa (വെണ്ണ) Malagasy: Dibera Malay: Mentega Marathi : Lōṇī (लोणी) Maori: Pata Mongolian: тос Myanmar (Burmese): Htawpaat (ထောပတ်) Macedonian: Puter (путер) Maltese: Butir Norwegian: Smør Nepali: Ghi’u (घिउ) Persian: کره Polish: Masło Portuguese: Manteiga Romanian: Unt Russian: масло Serbian: маслац Sesotho: Botoro Somali: Subagga Swahili: Siagi Sinhala: Baṭar (බටර්) Slovak: Maslo Slovenian: Maslo Spanish: Mantequilla Swedish: Smör Tajik: Ravƣan (равған) Tamil: Veṇṇey (வெண்ணெய்) Telugu: Venna (వెన్న) Thai: Ney (เนย) Turkish: Tereyağı Ukrainian: масло Urdu: مکھن Uzbek: Yog ‘ Vietnamese: bơ Welsh: Menyn Yiddish: Puter (פּוטער) Yoruba: Bota Zulu: Ibhotela |
Butter Shape & Size | Small, rectangular blocks |
Butter Color | Yellowish or white |
Butter Taste | Buttery |
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Major Nutrition | Total Fat (lipid) 184.12 g (526.06%) Vitamin A, RAE 1553 µg (221.86%) Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 5.27 mg (35.13%) Vitamin B-12 (Cobalamine) 0.39 µg (16.25%) Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 15.9 µg (13.25%) Choline 42.7 mg (7.76%) Phosphorus, P 54 mg (7.71%) Isoleucine 0.116 g (6.94%) Tryptophan 0.027 g (6.14%) Valine 0.129 g (6.11%) |
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Calories in 1 cup (227 gm) | 1628 K cal |