Salted vs unsalted butter

Summary by Krater

The video compares salted and unsalted butter, explaining that modern salted butter is much less salty than historical butter and that most recipes work well with either as long as salt is adjusted accordingly.

From the video

Answers: Should I use salted or unsalted butter in cooking and baking?

• salted vs unsalted butter
• history of butter preservation
• salt content in commercial butter
• culinary uses of salted and unsalted butter
• Alton Brown's influence on home cooking

Ingredients

• butter
• salt
• milk
• garlic
• potatoes
• bread
• sugar

What it concludes

• Modern salted butter has significantly less salt than historical butter used for preservation.
• Salted and unsalted butter are interchangeable in most home cooking and baking if you adjust salt levels.
• Cooking with unsalted butter allows better control over the total salt content of your food.
• Butter salt content varies slightly across brands, mostly ranging between 80 and 110 milligrams of sodium per tablespoon.