On a day-to-day basis, we like to have a tub of spreadable butter in the fridge. It tastes 100 per cent better than margarine but is generally cheaper and easier for sandwiches than blocks of real butter.
But, I noticed that Morrisons was offering blocks of butter in its Savers range to rival Lurpak – for a fraction of the price. Aldi and Lidl have blocks of butter that are a similar price so I decided to pick up a block from each supermarket to see how they compared to the original Lurpak.
I tried each on a slice of hot toast to compare flavour, texture and spreadability. Here’s what I found.
Lurpak Butter
Lurpak Slightly Salted Butter costs £2.15 for 200g from Morrisons, which works out to £1.08 per 100g. Lurpak has been making butter since 1901 and the butter is said to be ideal for everything from spreading and baking to drizzling and frying.
Suitable for vegetarians, it contains 52g of saturated fat and 1.2g of salt per 100g. This was creamy, salty and moreish, I could just eat it on its own on crusty bread. Yum. I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.
Morrisons Savers Butter
Savers Salted Butter costs £1.69 for 250g from Morrisons, or £1.79 online, which works out to 72p per 100g. It contains 52.1g of saturated fat and 1.5g of salt per 100g.
Vegetarian-friendly, this one is made with Red Tractor certified milk. It spread well onto the toast but was pretty bland as it just didn’t have that creamy, salty flavour you expect from Lurpak. Disappointing. I gave it 2 out of 5 stars.
Aldi Cowbelle British Butter
Cowbelle British Butter £1.79 for 250g from Aldi, which works out to 72p per 100g. It contains 54g of saturated fat and 1.5g of salt per 100g.
Red Tractor certified and made with British milk, this butter is vegetarian and it was a little tricky to spread straight from the fridge. I found it lacked flavour. It wasn’t awful but it wasn’t anything special either. I gave it 2 out of 5 stars.
Lidl West Country Butter
West Country Butter costs £1.79 for 250g from Lidl, which works out to 72p per 100g – roughly the same as Morrisons and Aldi. However that’s where the similarity ended.
This one really surprised me. It had a wonderful creamy texture. There was only unsalted available when I went into the store so I wasn’t expecting it to be so good but actually it was just as moreish as the Lurpak. It spread really easily straight from the fridge too. I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.
Overall verdict
It’s clear this was a two-horse race and I have to say Lidl won due to the price and the great flavour. It was 36p cheaper per 100g than the Lurpak but tasted just as good. It’s a great way to save money on my grocery shopping so I’ll definitely be buying it again.