You Don’t Have to Refrigerate Butter Part 2

A little bit ago we put a post on this site asking how long can you keep butter out of the refrigerator. Since that post we have tested the question.

We have successfully kept unsalted butter out of the refrigerator for up to five days with no issues. The flavor was wonderful and there was no sign of spoiling.

Since that time we found the following:

Microsoft News: “According to Jeff Potter, a food science expert and author of Cooking for Geeks, butter is a food that can be stored in the fridge and at room temperature. “Butter is right on the threshold as for whether it’s safe unrefrigerated, and salt lowers the water available [to the bacteria],” he told TheStreet. “Unsalted butter should be refrigerated, but salted butter should be OK out on the counter.””