“Surprising Truth About Butter’s Shelf Life: Is Your Kitchen Staple Still Safe to Use?”
Storing butter properly is critical. Here are a few tips:
- Store at or below 41 degrees F.
- You can freeze butter for up to 12 months, too.
- Store it in your fridge, but not on the door shelves.
Want to know how to tell if butter is spoiled? It will either be too soft or too hard compared to what it was when you were using it fresh. If the oils in the butter have gone rancid, you’ll smell it, too. If there’s discoloration, it’s likely mold. Any of these signs should tell you to toss the butter.
Here’s the good news. The shelf life of butter is pretty long, so you typically don’t have to worry about it going bad. Most people will use it before it ever starts to go bad.
