Food Is it better to have salted or unsalted butter

[nomifyle]

I need to add butter, I already have a combination.

TIA

 

[SouthernBreeze]

I need to add butter, I already have a combination.

TIA

I always use salted butter, but it depends on the recipe and your personal preference.

 

[kyrsyan]

I always use unsalted. Have for a very long time. I will, once in a few years, buy salted if a recipe specifically calls for it. Or, during COVID, if unsalted was not available.

 

[Raggedyman]

an incredibly difficult question - the most krect answer is 'prolly . . . . BUTTER

 

[momma_soapmaker]

I prefer unsalted. I can always add salt, but hard to take it away.

 

[herbgarden]

I do both. for baking I like unsalted. For daily we use salted.

 

[patriotgal]

I stock up on whichever costs me less.

 

[luluwhtbrd]

We stick to unsalted, salt is bad for your blood pressure. I’ve been a no salt person for years, well over 40 years now!

 

[WalknTrot]

I always buy salted. My cooking and baking "brain" adjusts recipes for the salt automatically. It's what my mom always used so I started out using it when I began cooking way back as a kid. Never saw a need to do anything differently.

 

[Bps1691]

We stick to unsalted, salt is bad for your blood pressure. I’ve been a no salt person for years, well over 40 years now!

And kidneys, water retention and liver.

The average person needs 1500 mg or less salt per day.

Most people eat 3,000 to 4,000 per day.

Some fast food meals are a whole days salt in one meal!

 

[Wildwood]

I get both...it depends. I probably use more salted.

Like WalknTrot, I adjust for the salt and since I'm more prone to under salt, it's never a problem. I've started adding half the salt to all my canning so I can flavor with things like salted butter or bacon when I open the jar. I can a lot of peas and beans.

 

[Cyclonemom]

I always use salted. But since going carnivore,I crave salt and heavily salt everything. (And my blood pressure has since dropped to 105/60 from 130/80 and GFR kidney function improved from 65 to 90+. Go figure.)

 

[Wildwood]

I always use salted. But since going carnivore,I crave salt and heavily salt everything. (And my blood pressure has since dropped to 105/60 from 130/80 and GFR kidney function improved from 65 to 90+. Go figure.)

That is an impressive drop in BP! Taking the red label Garlique every day dropped mine significantly too and it didn't take long for results.

 

[Ogre]

I had/have high cholesterol, aortic aneurism, BP higher than it should be. A few years ago (before he retire) I asked my PCP why he never told me to cut back on salt.
He replied that in all his years of practice, he never saw that it made any difference. Previous (retire) an d current cardiologists have never mentioned it.

 

[greysage]

Butter and salt, two great tastes that taste great together!

 

[packyderms_wife]

It all depends on what you are cooking. If you’re making ghee then unsalted.

 

[SouthernBreeze]

I always buy salted. My cooking and baking "brain" adjusts recipes for the salt automatically. It's what my mom always used so I started out using it when I began cooking way back as a kid. Never saw a need to do anything differently.

Same here. My mom and granny always made their own fresh butter. They used salt. It was natural for me to continue buying salted butter when I started cooking on my own.

 

[Kayak]

Salt keeps down spoilage, so I buy salted.

 

[paxsim2]

I use both depending on the recipe.