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Grower Stories2026-05-08 · Editorial Team

Grower Story | Cultured butter and the eighteen-hour wait

What fermenting cream before churning actually changes.

Grower Story | Cultured butter and the eighteen-hour wait

Most butter is churned from fresh cream in a matter of hours. Green Meadow ferments theirs for eighteen.

The cultures produce the compounds behind that faint tang and the long, nutty finish — flavour that simply cannot be added afterwards.

It is also the butter our bakers fold into the croissants, which is the clearest argument for it we can make.