Butter is fatty substance obtained from churned cream, containing 80% fat, 20% water and whey (milk solids lift from separating process). Butter can be made from any kind of milk. In India, butter is made from buffalo milk.
- Butter hardens at low temperature and melts when heated.
- The smoking temperature of butter is 127ºC.
- Color varies from creamy white to golden yellow. It is the milk protein in the whey that makes butter spoil quickly.
- Most of the butter is made from cow’s milk but other are some butter made from the milk of buffalo, yak, goat and sheep is also available.
Butter is a water-in-oil emulsion resulting from an inversion of the cream; in a water-in-oil emulsion, the milk proteins are the emulsifiers. Butter remains a solid when refrigerated, but softens to a spreadable consistency at room temperature, and melts to a thin liquid consistency at 32–35 °C (90–95 °F).
Nutrition Facts
The table below contains detailed information on the different nutrients in butter.
Nutrition Facts: Butter, Salted — 100 grams
| Amount | |
| Calories | 717 |
| Water | 16 % |
| Protein | 0.9 g |
| Carbs | 0.1 g |
| Sugar | 0.1 g |
| Fiber | 0 g |
| Fat | 81.1 g |
| Saturated | 51.37 g |
| Monounsaturated | 21.02 g |
| Polyunsaturated | 3.04 g |
| Omega-3 | 0.32 g |
| Omega-6 | 2.17 g |
| Trans fat | 3.28 g |