How we tested A team of Food & Wine editors participated in this taste test. To keep the test fair, we compared only unsalted butters and did not sample salted, dairy-free, plant-based, or vegan ...

Anyone who spends time in the kitchen knows that fat is essential to flavor—and butter is often the key ingredient behind a ...

This Irish butter is the go-to for 2023 F&W Best New Chef Caroline Schiff. “It has an awesome grassy, sweetness to it and of course, a great fat content,” she says.

In general, your salted butter will taste, well, saltier, whereas your unsalted butter will have a creamier, sweeter flavor. That being said, not all salted butters are the same.