Kerrygold, one of the major Irish food export success stories, is on target to become Ireland’s first billion-euro dairy brand. The real stars of the Irish butter industry now are the small-scale, artisan buttermakers whose slabs, and rolls, of creamy goodness taste of the terroir where they are made. A weekly order followed, and at one stage there was a fridge in the Fat Duck filled only with Abernethy butter. Speaking to The Irish Times in 2012, the company said it was unaware of any Irish butter packers who could pack butter in the format it wants. “Butter sales are definitely on the up.” Glenilen butter is formed, wrapped and packed by hand, the neat parchment roll sitting inside a cardboard box.

Source: The Irish Times April 18, 2018 13:00 UTC