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Kerrygold butter explained. Important for hypos.

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Loads of people keep asking me about non-cafo fed cattle, and the butter Kerrygold, which is the only one in the Uk that I know about, which is from non-cafo fed cattle.

Here is a very good link to the benefits of Kerrygold butter, No. 1 tells you about the vitamin A importance for thyroid and adrenal health.

catholicfoodie.com

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Thank you very much for this info.

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LindaC

Where is the Kerrygold info within this link? Sorry, I can't find it...

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langdocienne

It says somewhere in it, that you can get if from Green pastures, who also do Extra vigin cod liver oil, I prefer the rosita one. I buy mine for £1.60 for 250g at Asda, I think that most of the big supermarkets will do it.

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LindaC in reply tolangdocienne

Ah, sorry I thought it was an article on non-cafo fed cattle. Yes, it has been around in most stores for decades ;-)

Me too bluepettals2, I find most religions somewhat offensive but that is only me... anyone can be whatever they want [Catholicism within some of my family]: none of my business [until it impinges on the lives of others]. xox Must try butter in coffee... but why when double cream is so hard to leave ;-)

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Marz

I buy Kerrygold Butter here in my Greek village - at Jon the Butcher in Vamos. Perhaps he will give me a free pat for this mention !

How much is it in the UK ?

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langdocienne in reply toMarz

£1.60 for a 250g pack from Asda.

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humanbean

What does non-cafo mean?

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langdocienne in reply tohumanbean

non-confined animal feeding operation, or basically, just cows grazing naturally, not fed processed crap!

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humanbean in reply tolangdocienne

Thanks :)

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helvellaAdministrator in reply tohumanbean

Having already looked it up, I found a slightly different definition:

In the terminology of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) is an animal feeding operation (AFO) that (a) confines animals for more than 45 days during a growing season, (b) in an area that does not produce vegetation, and (c) meets certain size thresholds. The EPA's definition of the term "captures key elements of the transformations" observed in the animal agriculture sector over the course of the 20th century: "a production process that concentrates large numbers of animals in relatively small and confined places, and that substitutes structures and equipment (for feeding, temperature controls, and manure management) for land and labor."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conce...

With the obvious slight differences implied for non-cafo.

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LindaC in reply tolangdocienne

Indeed they are fed that way. I switched, only to find GMO rearing its ugly head even with this - see below - anyway, thanks to you, I'm now on goats butter :-)

althealthworks.com/4730/doe...

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langdocienne in reply toLindaC

I am more taking the Delamere goat's butter in my coffee, has a more creamy taste.

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LindaC in reply tolangdocienne

Thanks to you I got the goat's butter - I love goat and sheep yoghurt anyway. The Kerrygold is still much better, its just GMO is creeping in everywhere in UK, worse still USA... many countries have totally banned it.

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LindaC

My goodness, I knew Kerrygold had branched out into some kind of cheese BUT look at this: well done :-)

kerrygoldusa.com/blog/2015/...

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langdocienne

OOH that's going on the Christmas cheese board, Cat has got a super cheeseboard, bought lots of chilli jams, all gluten free for us, as she has Celiacs, and we hypos are gluen free in general. Wonder where to buy it though

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LindaC in reply tolangdocienne

WHAT!? Exclusively in the USA... noooo! Maybe shipped from Ireland to UK? I'll check, I like the look of it too. My husband always insists on paying the little extra for milk from 'grazing cows' [I don't touch milk] and loves all cheeses... was thinking of getting some. Hope you can find a stockist.

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helvellaAdministrator in reply toLindaC

Cashel Blue Irish

☆☆☆☆☆ ☆☆☆☆☆

£18.50 per kg

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LindaC in reply tohelvella

Thank you kindly, sir :-)

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langdocienne

Only from the guys in Ireland, but obviously it's expensive, they said M&S had it, but they don't.

If you are looking for cheese presents, try thecheeseshed.com/. They do stuff from small cheese makers whose herds can't be CAFO. Just look at the wedding cakes.

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LindaC in reply toAngel_of_the_North

Thank you Angel_of - looks interesting. x

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faith63

i buy it in the US to make Ghee out of. hashis are not supposed to eat dairy.

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langdocienne in reply tofaith63

Hi faith63 not heard that before,, and I feel great, had this for 12 years, but now only much better with T3 added, 50mcg daily, with my T4 125mcg daily. I self-medicate, but I eat ridiculous amounts of cheese about 8ozs daily, with at least 1.5pts full cream milk, my body craves dairy.

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Agapanthus

We have some butter for sale in Cornwall that comes from non confined cows (can even buy it in the local Tesco) but I suppose it's not widely available - Trewithen dairy. Also Rodda's which I think is the same.

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penny

Oh for the days of having our own Guernsey cows and unpasteurised milk and butter. (Not for the days of cold, mud and chilblains.) I am tempted to buy 'raw' milk but there are very few suppliers.

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Joyia

Hook Farm will send unpasteurised milk by post.

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