Dairy
Salted
Salted sweet cream butter is the everyday table stick with salt for flavour and slight preservation. Salt levels vary by brand and country—American sticks are often saltier than lightly salted European table butters. Spread, cook, and bake while reducing added salt in recipes. Not ideal when pastry formulas assume unsalted control. Soften for spreading; keep cold for clean cubes.
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Characteristics
Preparations
BakedCookedSpread
Traits
FamiliarSaltedSaltyTable
Grading systems
Grades are placed along a shared scale so systems can be compared side by side.
Grade B
Grade A
Grade AA
History
Salted butter became the default household butter in many markets.
US
Salted sticks dominated US home refrigerators.
Sea-salted premium butters differentiated from basic salted sticks.