GREENWOOD, Wis. Butter is back.
Driven by the movement toward food that contains natural ingredients as well as the foodie and gourmet cooking trends, butter consumption in the United States has reached its highest level in 40 years, dairy industry leaders say.
Where margarine and other spreads were once hailed as healthier alternatives to butter, the pendulum may have swung back in butter’s favor.
In the middle of the trend is Grassland Dairy Products in Greenwood, Wis., whose plants make about a third of the nation’s butter. Grassland is the largest family-owned butter company in the United States.
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