FOOD NEWS
Here's The Brand Behind Costco's Kirkland Signature Butter
BY Amanda Berrill
While it's not from Ireland, Westland Milk Products — the source of Kirkland Signature Grass-Fed Butter — also operates in a place known for rolling green hills and pastures.
Located in the verdant South Island of New Zealand, the landscape and year-round mild climate is ideal for cows to roam and graze on grass grown in rich soil with ample rain.
Westland Milk Products' general manager of sales and marketing, Hamish Yates, credits the bright yellow color of their butter to the flourishing pastures of New Zealand.
He said the color is "due to the higher levels of beta-carotene in the cream, which is derived directly from the grass the cows eat."
