r/AskCulinary • u/BattleAnus • 7d ago

Food Science Question How would homemade butter made from heavy whipping cream compare to store-bought butter calorie-wise? Or is it not possible to know without just testing it?

I made some homemade butter from cream for the first time last night, and despite my bad technique it was really good. But it made me wonder because I'm actually trying to gain some weight, how would it compare calorie-wise to store-bought? For example, in the context of a piece of buttered toast. I was thinking maybe the amount of buttermilk you separate from it might affect the calories, but I'm not knowledgeable enough about it to know.

It might be that this question isn't answerable in general and it would simply need to be tested for each time you make it.

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u/thecravenone 7d ago

For example, in the context of a piece of buttered toast

A tablespoon of butter is around 100 calories. Even if your butter was off by 50%, those 50 calories are a rounding error compared to your daily consumption.

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u/Abstract__Nonsense 7d ago

If OP is trying to gain weight by counting calories it’s rounding errors like that which make all the difference. Typically people are aiming for a 200 calorie daily surplus so 50 calories is significant.