All Natural is our Philosophy. We never use preservatives, artificial colors or flavors, thickeners, or genetically modified ingredients. Our products have a short shelf life and they have to be refrigerated and that’s because Better Butter is truly a FRESH product. There are preservatives we can add to achieve a 6 month shelf life but that’s not kind of ingredient list we believe in.
We agonize over every part of the ingredient list. For example, when we couldn’t find a chocolate with a clean ingredient list for our Nutty Chocolate Chip spread we decided to make our own. Only the best sweeteners are used, including agave nectar, local maple syrup and local honey. It goes deeper than the ingredient list though. You’ll notice we use glass jars instead of plastic. While this extends our production process and raises the price of shipping, we hate the idea of petrochemicals and xenoestrogens seeping into our All Natural product.
We also have a commitment to the PA economy. If there’s something we can source locally, we do — jars from Lancaster County, nuts from Nuts-to-You, shipping boxes from Bucks county. Its great to cut down on our carbon footprint and at the same time help our state economy. As far as ingredients go, there’s nothing we believe in more than buying local. Our honey is from Two Gander in Berks County, maple syrup from Lancaster County and we are always looking for more ingredients to source locally.
