Beurre d'Isigny [SEP] named after
Beurre d'Isigny
Beurre d'Isigny is a type of cow's milk butter made in the area and the valleys of the rivers running into it, comprising several French communes surrounding Isigny-sur-Mer and straddling the Manche and Calvados departments of northern France.
The butter has a natural golden colour as a result of high levels of carotenoids. The butter contains 82% fatty solids and is rich in oleic acid and minerals salts (particularly sodium). These salts provide flavour and a long shelf-life.
The local
with protected geographical indications; these include:
- Beurre d'Ardenne, from Belgium
- Beurre d'Isigny, from France
- Beurre Charentes-Poitou (Which also includes: Beurre des Charentes and Beurre des Deux-Sèvres under the same classification), from France
- Beurre Rose, from Luxembourg
- Mantequilla de Soria, from Spain
- Mantega de l'Alt Urgell i la Cerdanya, from Spain
- Rucava white butter ("Rucavas baltais sviests"), from Latvia
History.
The earliest butter would