Results of a blind taste test in Sept. 2025 with 3 butter lovers and 3 non-butter eaters of French butters from France and Greek butters, as well as, a few foreign butters available on the island of Paros. This was a problematic session with a few coufounding cirucmstances, so there will be retest shortly -- stay tuned!
Note, there are many artisanal/farmstead Greek butters that we could not find on Paros -- but check out Gastronomos' selection of 12 Greek farmstead butters (we only tasted the Paros Farming Community's butter from their list).
Le Gall, Grand Cru : doux (unpasteurized French cow's milk, matured at least 24 hrs before being churned in barrels, 82% fat)
Le Gall, Beurre de Baratte Bio (organic pasteurized French cow's milk, matured 15-18 hrs before being churned in drums, 82% fat)
Grand Fermage, Beurre de Belleville-sur-Vie : doux, extra-fin (la Loire; matured organically at least 12 hrs before churning, pasteurized cow's milk, 82% fat)
Isigny Ste Mère, Beurre d'Isigny A.O.P. : doux, extra-fin (pasteurized cow's milk matured 16-18 hrs before churning, milke from at least 30% Normandy breed cow and all milked within 35 km of Isigny-sur-Mer, 82% fat)
Paysan Breton, Le Beurre Moulé : doux (pasteurized cow's milk from Brittany and the Loire, 82% fat)
Le Président, Gastronomique : doux (cow's milk from Brittany and Normandy, 82% fat)
Adoro Βούτυρο (pasteurized cow's milk, 82.5% fat)
Epirus Corfu butter, 100% cow's milk [ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ Βούτυρο τύπου Κερκύρας] (82% fat)
EAS (Union of Agricultural Cooperatives) of Naxos, fresh butter [Η Ένωση Αγροτικών Συνεταιρισμών Νάξου Νωπό Βούτυρο] (pasteurized cow's milk from Naxos, 82% fat)
Olympos butter [Ολυμπως Βούτυρο] (Greek cow's milk, 82% fat)
Paros Farming Community's [ο Αγροτικός Συνεταιρισμός Πάρου] Fresh Parian butter [νωπο βουτ΄υρο γαλακτος Παρου] (pasteurized cow's milk from Paros, ?? fat)
Lurpak (pasteurized cow's milk, 82% fat)
Parmareggio dalle creme del latte dei caseifici Emiliani (pasteurized cow's milk, 83% fat)
Butter made from the outcropping creams, obtained by processing Parmesan cheese, of Emilian dairies.
With testers' rankings ("Ranking", with 1 being the best), notes and guesses of each butter's origin. Click on the grey icon in the top right of spreadsheet to view it as a separately in its own scrollable window.