kerrygold Stocks?

[Guzzler]

I buy it for the taste and it matters little to me that it is imported. If I had to buy all British goods I would be left with fewer choices and besides, Ireland is our closest trading partner and the Irish buy more from the UK than we do from them. Take our dairy industry, it has been decimated over the last twenty years and I doubt that we could be self sufficient in anything let alone butter.

 

[Listlad]

I buy it for the taste and it matters little to me that it is imported. If I had to buy all British goods I would be left with fewer choices and besides, Ireland is our closest trading partner and the Irish buy more from the UK than we do from them. Take our dairy industry, it has been decimated over the last twenty years and I doubt that we could be self sufficient in anything let alone butter.

One of the things I noticed about Lancashire is its capacity and potential to produce dairy products. It would be interesting to see if it could step up to the plate if needs must after 29th March.

 

[Listlad]

I notice that Anchor produce grass fed cows butter, in England. Formerly produced in NZ I believe.

 

[Guzzler]

We'll TE="Listlad, post: 1988755, member: 499223"]One of the things I noticed about Lancashire is its capacity and potential to produce dairy products. It would be interesting to see if it could step up to the plate if needs must after 29th March.[/QUOTE]
We'll have to wait and see, as far as I know atm we are not even self sufficient in milk.

 

[Listlad]

We'll TE="Listlad, post: 1988755, member: 499223"]
We'll have to wait and see, as far as I know atm we are not even self sufficient in milk.

I buy Lancashire Farms Greek Yoghurt. It is “Free Range”.

 

[Guzzler]

We'll have to wait and see, as far as I know atm we are not even self sufficient in milk.

I buy Lancashire Farms Greek Yoghurt. It is “Free Range”.[/QUOTE]


Could 'Lancashire Farms' produce enough for the whole country? Could all the free range producers together supply the whole of the UK?

 

[Listlad]

Could 'Lancashire Farms' produce enough for the whole country? Could all the free range producers together supply the whole of the UK?

They might have too.

It’s a large green county. Hopefully the fracking wont spoil it though.

Interesting thread though. I presume the focus on butter is partly driven by use in a high fat low carb diet.

I have been using spreadable Anchor butter produced in Wiltshire by grass fed cows and shall now duck as the “abuse” comes flying in.

My preference in butter is Lurpak.

 

[Prem51]

Why import Irish butter when Lancashire farmers can produce it...

UK farmers don't produce enough milk to meet UK demand, after they cut back production because of low milk price a couple of years ago. They could increase production again.
Kerrygold and other imported butter and cheese are being stockpiled by importers in refrigerated warehouses in case of pipeline delays after Brexit, but they are running out of refrigerated warehouse space.
Anyway I prefer the taste of Lurpak.

 

[Listlad]

UK farmers don't produce enough milk to meet UK demand, after they cut back production because of low milk price a couple of years ago. They could increase production again.
Kerrygold and other imported butter and cheese are being stockpiled by importers in refrigerated warehouses in case of pipeline delays after Brexit, but they are running out of refrigerated warehouse space.
Anyway I prefer the taste of Lurpak.

I too prefer Lurpak.

 

[Guzzler]

They might have too.

It’s a large green county. Hopefully the fracking might spoil it though.

Interesting thread though. I presume the focus on butter is partly driven by use in a high fat low carb diet.

I have been using spreadable Anchor butter and shall now duck as the “abuse” comes flying in.

I am pro choice. You like the flavour and convenience and price of Anchor spreadable and the fact that it is produced in the UK (?) and that is fair enough. I prefer Kerrygold's flavour and its sat fat content though its one drawback is spreading it in winter but I am willing to faff about with it.

 

[HSSS]

I have been using spreadable Anchor butter and shall now duck as the “abuse” comes flying in.

No abuse, but have you read the ingredients? From memory it’s about half butter, and a third rapeseed oil.

 

[Listlad]

No abuse, but have you read the ingredients? From memory it’s about half butter, and a third rapeseed oil.

But yes and I am seriously considering reverting to conventional butter especially if consuming it in larger quantities.

But I do prefer Lurpak.

 

[Listlad]

If the worst comes to the worst at the end of March the whole nation is going to have to step up to the plate to adapt, and that includes dairy farmers and butter producers.

Of course we might end up importing butter from NZ again?

I used to eat this stuff:

https://www.gefthemongoose.com/business/holy-cow-isle-man-creamery-launches-grass-fed-accreditation/

 

[Guzzler]

One cannot adapt after one has been driven from the industry.

 

[Listlad]

One cannot adapt after one has been driven from the industry.

Agreed. It’s going to be tough. I hope it doesn’t happen.

 

[Pinkorchid]

I usually buy Cornish butter but I have never found any butter that actually says cows are grass fed although I was always under the impression that all cows here are. There is a dairy farm about half a mile up the road from me and they have Jersey and Hereford cows and they are always out in the fields eating the grass

 

[Mbaker]

We used to get Kerrygold, and it is a great product. We go to Ireland often and pass a Kerrygold farm, my mouth is now watering thinking about the meat and veg there. We switched to a local farms butter (Lazy Daisy Dairy), yogurt, cream and milk; just because they do not use the homogenisation, the Duchy brand of milk also does not homogenise milk either.

This is food for thought:
https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/beware-the-new-kerrygold-butter/

I must admit, I find it romantic buying as much local as possible, ribeye, sirloin, fish. For Valentines I bought my wife's card from a shop in the England's smallest town, Manningtree, I commented to the shop owner that the value was amazing.

 

[carty]

I buy Lancashire Farms Greek Yoghurt. It is “Free Range”.

I buy Lancashire Farm yoghurt natural bio it is not Greek ,not seen the Greek I buy at Asda or Morrison's
Carol

 

[Listlad]

We used to get Kerrygold, and it is a great product. We go to Ireland often and pass a Kerrygold farm, my mouth is now watering thinking about the meat and veg there. We switched to a local farms butter (Lazy Daisy Dairy), yogurt, cream and milk; just because they do not use the homogenisation, the Duchy brand of milk also does not homogenise milk either.

This is food for thought:
https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/beware-the-new-kerrygold-butter/

I must admit, I find it romantic buying as much local as possible, ribeye, sirloin, fish. For Valentines I bought my wife's card from a shop in the England's smallest town, Manningtree, I commented to the shop owner that the value was amazing.

I agree. We were buying locally produced milk from local farms, delivered to the door. Just like when I were a lad.

We stopped only because it was relatively expensive compared to Aldi.

 

[Bluetit1802]

This is the Kerrygold I buy

https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Kerrygold-Irish-Butter/112324011

80% fat.