Beurre d'Isigny

Ad for the butter, 1900.

Beurre d'Isigny is a type of cow's milk butter made in the Veys Bay area and the valleys of the rivers running into it, comprising several French communes surrounding Isigny-sur-Mer and straddling the Manche and Calvados departments of northern France.

The butter has a natural golden colour as a result of high levels of carotenoids.[1] The butter contains 82% fatty solids and is rich in oleic acid and minerals salts (particularly sodium). These salts provide flavour and a long shelf-life.[2]

The local producers requested protection for their milk products as early as the 1930s with a definition of the production area, finally receiving PDO status in 1996.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/documentDisplay.html?chkDocument=351_1_en
  2. ↑ http://www.inao.gouv.fr/public/produits/detailProduit.php?ID_PRODUIT=3299
  3. ↑ Beurre d'Isigny PDO registration, European Commission Denomination Information
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