Butter Buds Food Service News

BUTTER BUDS

Butter Buds Foodservice is a unique alternative to traditional butter sauce; it has zero grams of fat and cholesterol, is gluten-free and low in sodium. With only 10
calories per 2-gram serving, Butter Buds is about 90 percent fewer compared with butter or margarine.

However, kosher-certified Butter Buds granules are made with real butter from Wisconsin and contain no artificial ingredients. “All the flavor components of butter have been captured to give unequaled flavor and performance. You just sprinkle or pour the granules on any hot, moist food —mashed potatoes, pasta, rice, vegetables, fish, even oatmeal — and they will melt into a butter-flavored
sauce,” explained Jim Dodge, director of foodservice. They can also be reconstituted with water.

The shelf-stable product is sold to the military in pouch form in three sizes: 4 ounces, 2 ounces and 2 grams. The 2-ounce is used with the group rations. The 2-gram, which packaged 500 to a 4-pound case pack and has a three-year shelf life and a 160-degree heat barrier, is a single-serve packet that is included in the MRE. “They are also used on some bases in bulk on a tray line or the table top,” the food service director added. “The bigger pouches are used in the back of the house.” “We will have a new product out this year, Sour Cream Buds,” he also
said.

*Excerpt from March 2010 issue of “Government Food Service” Magazine. Article written by Barry Loberfeld, Assistant Editor.