Top 8: Posh butter tried and tasted 

Top 8: Posh butter tried and tasted 

Ingredients: Butter Isolated on White Background

BUTTER put Ireland’s food culture on the world map in 1962 when as CEO of An Bord Bainne, Sir Anthony O'Reilly created the Kerrygold brand and marketed it extensively. It remains a top seller and has plenty to recommend it. 

The reputation of Irish butter has been sustained down through the decades due to the rich, green, summer pastures on which the cows graze. The discerning may be able to distinguish where the milk from their butter comes from. Often quoted, the late Myrtle Allen said: “that field always made good butter”. 

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