Sainsbury's Normandy Butter > Reviews

Advantages: Very High Quality and Very Tasty
Disadvantages: You shouldn't eat much of it!

You may think that there is not much difference between one butter and another, apart from whether it is salted or unsalted. They are all high in fat and cholesterol, they are all made from cream, they are all rock hard when taken straight from the refrigerator and they are all golden in colour? The last statement is not necessarily true, many continental butters are either pale yellow or creamy coloured, this Normandy butter is pleasant pale yellow ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent quality butter.
Disadvantages: Almost too good and too tempting.

Part of the “Taste the Difference” range this butter costs £1.09 for 250g, which is in the luxury range for butters. It comes in a classy, well designed foil package, which gives the impression of quality in an understated way. It is produced and packed in France by the large and well regarded Isigny St. Mere Co-operative, and has an Appelation Controle, Beurre d’Isigny mark I wasn’t aware that there was such a thing, but I am aware of how seriously ... Read review

Advantages: Tastes absolutely delicious
Disadvantages: not a good idea for those on a diet

...nipping over to Normandy yourself, Sainsbury's have done the journey for you, by importing this very fine butter and relabaelling it themselves with their own brand label. If you are on a diet then you really shouldn't read any further, because Sainsbury's Unsalted Normandy Butter has 743 Calories per 100g/ml and 55.0 grams of Saturated Fat per 100g/ml, so not the healthiest of butters to eat, however I believe that Normany butter is probably the ... Read review