You’ve Been Storing Butter Wrong This Whole Time—Try This $8 Hack Instead for a Creamy, Healthy Spread

Published on July 25, 2025 09:00AM EDT

This week at BHG, our editors taste tested more than 15 butters in the pursuit of crowning the spread worthy of the title “Best in Butter.” It was a hard job (wink, wink) but now that our bellies are full, you can review the results of our ultimate taste test, and follow more of our buttery posts on social media. Through our butter-drunk haze, however, one thing became clear, and that was that most people are storing butter incorrectly. Are you one of them?

If you’re committing this butter faux pas, it doesn’t matter which butter you buy (although you should definitely know the difference between sweet cream and cultured) because your health could be at risk. Storing it wrong means not storing it safely, and unless you’re using an airtight container to store your butter—whether it’s Le Beurre Bordier or from good ol’ Trader Joes—things like dust, bugs, odors, unwanted flavors, and even bacteria could be infiltrating your spread. That’s why we recommend the Kitchendao Airtight Butter Dish, now on sale for $8.

Kitchendao Airtight Butter Dish

The Kitchendao Airtight Butter Dish features a built-in sealing ring that most glass or ceramic dishes don’t, which is important for two main reasons. First, it protects the integrity of the butter’s flavor from yucky odors that could taint its natural deliciousness (and its creamy texture, too). And second, it safeguards against contamination as well, lowering your risk of ingesting E.coli or other bacteria. Both come into play when butter is exposed to light and air, which the airtight seal keeps out.

Without the worry of potential contamination, you can keep butter out on the countertop where it will stay fresh for longer and soft at room temperature. If you prefer to keep your butter in the fridge (which plenty of people do), the butter dish can fit in most refrigerator doors and saves you precious storage space, too. The see-through dish is also dishwasher safe and has an anti-slip bottom that stabilizes it while you cut. There’s a stopper on one end for scraping off excess butter and resting the knife as well as tablespoon markers for easy measuring. Whether you choose to measure or not, we won’t tell, but it’s a handy feature for anyone who likes to bake.

Your butter will never go rancid again thanks to the Kitchendao Airtight Butter Dish. Buy it now on Amazon while it’s on sale for just $8 and protect your butter—no matter where it ranked on our “Best in Butter” list—from the elements for fresher, softer, tastier butter. Keep scrolling for more great butter dishes and crocks below.

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