Dairy
Buffalo
Buffalo butter is churned from water-buffalo cream—white, mild-sweet, and very rich. South Asian and specialty Italian producers make it in limited quantities. Use like cow butter with a softer, less yellow profile. Excellent for sweets and rich flatbreads. Keep cold.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 10.2 g
- Saturated Fat 5.78 g
- Trans Fat 0.3 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 3.12 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3 g
- Cholesterol 29.8 mg
- Sodium 75.7 mg
- Salt 0.2 g
- Total Carbohydrate 4.75 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 5.03 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 8.01 g
- Water 69.5 g
- Energy 155 kcal
- Water 69.5 g
- Carbohydrates 4.75 g
- Sugars 5.03 g
- Protein 8.01 g
- Fat 10.2 g
- Saturated Fat 5.78 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 3.12 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3 g
- Omega-3 0.03 g
- Trans Fat 0.3 g
- Vitamins 29.9 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.04 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.2 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.1 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.05 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 7.8 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 0.5 µg
- Vitamin E 0.1 mg
- Vitamin K 0.5 µg
- Minerals 441 mg
- Major Minerals 440 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.2 g
- Cholesterol 29.8 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.04 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.2 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.1 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.4 · vitamin-b6: 0.05 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2 · vitamin-b9-folate: 7.8 · vitamin-d: 0.5 · vitamin-e: 0.1 · vitamin-k: 0.5 ·
Minerals
Buffalo of Butter: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Buffalo cream was churned in South Asian dairy regions for cooking fat and ghee paths.
Specialty buffalo butter appeared beside buffalo mozzarella dairies.