After decades of being blamed for skyrocketing obesity rates, fat is back in a big way. And that's been a boon to butter sales.
A study released by the University of Wisconsin found that butter consumption hit a nearly 50-year record high in 2017. The butter forecast (no, it's not going to rain butter … though we kind of wish it would) also predicted that butter consumption will continue to rise due to the popularity of trendy items like butter coffee and large companies like McDonald's switching from margarine to butter in many of their breakfast foods.
To feed America's rising demand for butter, companies are offering more options than ever. But is one type of butter really the best?
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