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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent

‘Affordable luxuries’: British shoppers spread their love for flavoured butter

All Things Butter’s Cinnamon Bun butter
All Things Butter’s Cinnamon Bun butter. The online supermarket Ocado said searches for flavoured butter had risen 184% in the past year. Photograph: All Things Butter

Butter is no longer just salted or unsalted: British shoppers are increasingly buying flavours such as chocolate and truffle, driven by social media trends and a growing appetite for convenience in home cooking.

Figures from Worldpanel, an analyst that tracks supermarket sales, show spending on flavoured butters across Britain rose by 24% in the 52 weeks to 7 September 2025, compared with the previous year. In the same period, growth for packs of flavoured butter is also up 16.2%.

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