Usually, it’s the butterfat content. By law in the U.S., all butters require a minimum of 80% butterfat. Kerrygold is 82% butterfat, while LOL is 80.93%. I saw in an article in my search that Vital Farms has 85% butterfat.
Here’s a (limited) chart from SFGate:
I picked up some Kerrygold to see what all the hoopdela was about. My husband and I both agreed it tasted no different than store brand butter. But a lot of people think it’s the cat’s meow so your mileage may vary.
Everything LindaWhit said.
Plus, some European style butter is made with cultured milk, so it has a different flavor. I find it delicious on fresh, warm bread.
Its VERY yellow!
We like french butter, President isn’t bad but there is one in a little tub I like a lot.
Will google and see if I can find it.
Thanks. I don’t use much butter (salted stick for mac and cheese, baked potatoes, and fried eggs; unsalted tub for matzoh every morning) so I suspect I wouldn’t even notice the difference.
LOL!! The drop is on! I’m reduced to buying boring store brand from Kwik Trip for $2.50.
Update here… I’m in the Bronx this week sitting for my dog nephew, and I saw Breakstone’s butter for $7.89/lb. Smaller neighborhood market (C-Town) Most people who shop here don’t have cars. Eeesh.
There is a local dairy farm that sells rolled butter that tastes amazing on fresh bread. Far and away better than our default which is Kirtland…still good but the local stuff blows it away. It’s a once in a while splurge.
That’s how it is by me. Amish roll butter is $6/lb. It’s amazing compared to store bought. A splurge is a good way to put it.
This isn’t an Amish dairy but local and family owned for many generations. Mostly drug and herbicide free farm. I have my own opinions on the Amish community.
Same. There’s a ton where we live, and I don’t buy from them. Plenty of other local farmers I can support instead.
We have an Amish roll butter out west.
Has nothing to do with the Amish other than using the name.
Well, here in Penna you can pretty much count on things being Amish when they’re called “Amish”… and being sold by the Amish 
Yep, here too. A very large population of Amish people within an hour drive of CLE.
Today at Grocery Outlet on Geary, SF, 1 lb Challenge butter is $2.50. I don’t think you can find a lower price here.
At " Lucky’s " in North San Francisco Bay area. This is where I often find bargains, but there was no butter on sale.
I think most, but not all of these are 1/2 pound. I think the Tillamook and the Clover organic is 1 pound.
Cream and 1/2 &1/2
Thanks for posting all this good info. Also @Aubergine.
Interesting that there is a Lucky’s (not necessarily your Lucky’s) less than 3 miles from @Aubergine’s Grocery Outlet where (on sale) the Challenge butter is 34% of the cost at Lucky’s.
Your cream prices are crazy high, too!
I really should check our local Grocery Outlet, but they never seem to have the stuff folks post about on the HO Grocery Outlet threads.
