the united states produces the most butter in the world.
the united states produces the most butter in the world.
who produces the most butter in the world?
the united states
different varieties are found around the world. "smen" is a spiced moroccan clarified butter, buried in the ground and aged for months or years. a similar product is "maltash" of the hunza valley, where cow and yak butter can be buried for decades, and is used at events such as weddings. yak butter is a specialty in tibet; "tsampa", barley flour mixed with yak butter, is a staple food. butter tea is consumed in the himalayan regions of tibet, bhutan, nepal and india. it consists of tea served with intensely flavored—or "rancid"—yak butter and salt. in african and asian developing nations, butter is traditionally made from sour milk rather than cream. it can take several hours of churning to produce workable butter grains from fermented milk.
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the proportions of stearic and oleic acids in the shea kernels and butter differ across the distribution range of the species. ugandan shea butter has consistently high oleic acid content, and is liquid at warm ambient temperatures. it fractionizes into liquid and solid phases, and is the source of liquid shea oil. the fatty acid proportion of west african shea butter is much more variable than ugandan shea butter, with an oleic content of 37 to 55%. variability can be high even locally, and a tree that produces hard butter can grow with one that produces soft butter. nuts are gathered from a wide area for local production, so shea butter consistency is determined by the average fatty acid profile of the population. within west africa, shea butter from the mossi plateau region of burkina faso has a higher average stearic acid content, and so is usually harder than shea butter from other west african regions.
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