15 Types of French Butter to Know
French butter comes in a variety of types, each unique in its flavor profile and use. The two main categories are sweet cream butter (beurre doux) and cultured butter (beurre de baratte). Cultured butter is renowned for its tangy, complex flavor, whereas sweet cream butter has a milder, more straightforward taste.
Apart from these, there are a few more types of butter used for different purposes:
- Beurre cru – Raw butter
- Beurres fin – Fine butter
- Beurre doux – Unsalted butter
- Semi-salted butter
- Beurres salés – Salted Butter
- Beurres allégé – Low-fat butter
- Beurre sec – Dry butter
- Beurre de baratte – Churned butter
- Beurres AOP – Protected designation butter
- Low-fat butter
- Organic butter
- Spreadable butter
- Margarine
