quality you can taste
Only the finest ingredients
At Miyoko's Creamery, we’re all about using the best of the plant world to create our crave-worthy cheeses and butters. We dig deep into nature’s pantry—nuts, seeds, grains, and more—to find the most nutrient-packed ingredients that’ll make your taste buds dance.
We don’t mess around with the usual junk like palm oil or xanthan gum—if it’s not top-notch, it doesn’t make the cut. Every ingredient is carefully chosen for quality, ethics, and organic goodness, so you can feel good about enjoying a product made with quality foods—not the oils, starches, gums, and fake flavors you’ll find in most other vegan cheeses and butters.
What is Plant Milk?
For centuries, traditional dairy has used cow, sheep, and goat's milk. Now, there's plant milk, a compassionate, nourishing, and sustainable option that's milled & churned into delicious cheese & butter. From sources such as nuts, seeds, legumes, grains & beyond, each one lending itself to a unique flavor & texture.
Our Real Ingredients
Crafted from real foods you recognize. Explore the key ingredients we use to make your favorite plant milk butters.
* We highlighted the core ingredients in our recipe, the full ingredient list is available on the product page.
* We highlighted the core ingredients in our recipe, the full ingredient list is available on the product page.
Organic Cultured Cashew Milk
Dense and creamy, with a mild neutral flavor, cashews make a wonderful base for our butter. We mill them fresh in-house, then culture and churn the milk using our special vegan cultures.
This fermentation process enhances the creamy textures, and brings out the tangy notes and rich complex flavors. Bonus, our cashews are organic and single-sourced from our ethically certified partner supplier.
Organic Coconut Oil
Essential to providing the perfect melt you know and love from butter. This hit of healthy fat amplifies the smooth creamy texture you want, with little to no flavor thanks to our high quality organic source.
Organic High Oleic Sunflower Oil
Our plant milk butter uses a combination of quality plant oils, including an organic, high-oleic sunflower oil, to craft the perfect butter melt you know and love!
This high-oleic sunflower oil is certified organic, non-GMO, and meets our high standards for quality sourcing; including being expeller pressed without the use of solvents or processing aids.
Organic Sea Salt
Organic sea salt is added as we churn and mix our plant milk butter, resulting in the perfect distribution of flavor. Why do we add it? Salt, is a simple but powerful seasoning, able to amplify butter’s intrinsic butteriness, making it perfect for slathering on warm crusty bread or cooking your favorite recipes.
Organic Cultured Oat Milk
Our allergen-friendly answer to creamy, flavorful plant milk butter, and the star of our deliciously spreadable Oat Milk Butter. We use organic whole grain oats that are milled, then culture and churn the milk using our special vegan cultures resulting in the perfect flavors and textures.
Organic Coconut Oil
Essential to providing the perfect melt you know and love from butter. This hit of healthy fat amplifies the smooth creamy texture you want, with little to no flavor thanks to our high quality organic source.
Organic High Oleic Sunflower Oil
Our plant milk butter uses a combination of quality plant oils, including an organic, high-oleic sunflower oil, to craft the perfect butter melt you know and love!
This high-oleic sunflower oil is certified organic, non-GMO, and meets our high standards for quality sourcing; including being expeller pressed without the use of solvents or processing aids.
Organic Sea Salt
Organic sea salt is added as we churn and mix our plant milk butter, resulting in the perfect distribution of flavor. Why do we add it? Salt, is a simple but powerful seasoning, able to amplify butter’s intrinsic butteriness, making it perfect for slathering on warm crusty bread or cooking your favorite recipes.
Let’s Make the Unfamiliar,
Familiar!
It’s time to get these ingredients more familiar to our Miyoko’s community. Every day, we get asked about these unique ingredients, and we're here to help you get to know them better. Though they may seem unfamiliar, they’re easy to understand and have a clear purpose on why they are used.
TAPIOCA STARCH
Tapioca starch is a gluten-free flour that comes from the cassava plant. It can use it to thicken soups, stews, and gravies, or can be used instead of wheat flour for gluten-free baking.
AGAR
Agar is a natural thickening agent made from red seaweed, a plant-based alternative to gelatin. It helps give our products that firm texture you love!
ANNATO
Annatto extract is a natural dye derived from the seeds of the achiote tree (Bixa orellana). This is what we use to color many of our products and is widely used to add color to various foods.
KONJAC
Konjac is a starchy root derived from the konjac plant, native to Asia. It's often used as a thickening agent and is rich in fiber. We use it in our liquid mozzarella to give it that perfect stretchy texture you expect when it melts and cooks.
MUSHROOM EXTRACT
Mushroom extract is a natural fiber from White Button Mushrooms that improves freshness, shelf life, and sustainability, reducing food waste. We added it to ensure longer-lasting freshness. It's completely safe to consume, as it's a pure fiber extract that doesn't contain any of the allergens found in actual mushrooms. Plus, it’s colorless, odorless, and tasteless!
TURMERIC
Turmeric is used in some of our products to add a vibrant, natural color. We choose turmeric because it’s a natural alternative to artificial dyes, giving our products a beautiful, warm tone while maintaining the integrity of our ingredients.
TAPIOCA STARCH
Tapioca starch is a gluten-free flour that comes from the cassava plant. It can use it to thicken soups, stews, and gravies, or can be used instead of wheat flour for gluten-free baking.
AGAR
Agar is a natural thickening agent made from red seaweed, a plant-based alternative to gelatin. It helps give our products that firm texture you love!
ANNATO
Annatto extract is a natural dye derived from the seeds of the achiote tree (Bixa orellana). This is what we use to color many of our products and is widely used to add color to various foods.
KONJAC
Konjac is a starchy root derived from the konjac plant, native to Asia. It's often used as a thickening agent and is rich in fiber. We use it in our liquid mozzarella to give it that perfect stretchy texture you expect when it melts and cooks.
MUSHROOM EXTRACT
Mushroom extract is a natural fiber from White Button Mushrooms that improves freshness, shelf life, and sustainability, reducing food waste. We added it to ensure longer-lasting freshness. It's completely safe to consume, as it's a pure fiber extract that doesn't contain any of the allergens found in actual mushrooms. Plus, it’s colorless, odorless, and tasteless!
TURMERIC
Turmeric is used in some of our products to add a vibrant, natural color. We choose turmeric because it’s a natural alternative to artificial dyes, giving our products a beautiful, warm tone while maintaining the integrity of our ingredients.
TAPIOCA STARCH
Tapioca starch is a gluten-free flour that comes from the cassava plant. It can use it to thicken soups, stews, and gravies, or can be used instead of wheat flour for gluten-free baking.
Natural Flavors
Purely Transparent
Dear Miyoko's: What's in your 'Natural Flavors'?
This is one of the most common questions we get—and we totally get it. 'Natural flavors' might sound a little mysterious, but we’re all about transparency. Let’s quickly clear up what they are, why we use them, and what it means for you.
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What is a natural flavor
Essentially, a natural flavor is a substance drawn directionally from the matter of a living thing (in our case, plants) with the purpose of adding flavors, not nutrition.
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Are natural flavors vegan
We adhere to strict standards to guarantee that our products and ingredients are completely vegan. While the precise formula is proprietary, the natural flavors we use are 100% vegan, Vegan Association Approved, and GMO free. This unique blend is also gluten-free and free from MSG.
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What is our natural flavor?
Our natural flavors are made from a blend of berries, oregano, and flaxseed.
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Why don't you tell us specifically what these natural flavors are?
Natural flavors are like secret recipes—proprietary blends that give each product its unique charm. The FDA permits the use of the term ‘natural flavors’ in the ingredient list, provided that the blend is deemed safe.
The Ingredients Behind Our European Style Butter
Our European Style butter is a rich, dairy-free dream, made with only the finest ingredients. No fillers, no fuss—just minimal, carefully chosen elements that come together for a flavor-packed experience. Thanks to our cultured plant milk base, our butter can even brown like the real thing, delivering that delicious flavor you love in your cooking and baking. We’ve taken all the goodness from dairy and crafted a plant-based version that’s ready to elevate your kitchen creations.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is European style butter?
European-style butter refers to a cultured butter that has been churned for a longer period. European-style butters are favored for their rich taste— due to their fat content and cultured process. They typically contain less water, have a creamier texture and, great meltability. They are often the preferred butter for baking— especially when the flavor of butter is just as important as its function.
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What's the difference between Miyoko's butter and margarine?
Margarine is a blend of vegetable oils, like palm oil and canola oil. Butter is made from milk, in our case cultured cashew milk. Because of this difference in ingredients, you will notice a big contrast in how they both taste and perform. Margarine will tend to have a slight chemical aftertaste, because of added flavorings. Miyoko's will leave you with a wonderful creaminess and subtle cultured tang. Performance wise, margarine isn't an ideal 1:1 swap for your recipes, as it tends to leave your baked goods overly soft and oily. Miyoko's is a chef-crafted, true 1:1 swap, and even browns beautifully thanks to the milk solids it contains.
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What is cultured butter and why is it better?
Cultured butter is butter that during the craft process, has had cultures added to the milk. This creates fermentation, and allows the cream to deepen in flavor and thicken in texture. The result is a wonderfully flavorful butter with a signature subtle tang and noticeably less acidity. You can use cultured butter in any dish that calls for butter—no need for any alterations to your recipe.
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When do you use salted butter vs. unsalted butter?
Unsalted butter allows you to control the exact amount of salt in your recipe and final dish. Because salt helps bring out the flavor in foods, it’s a welcome addition in almost any dish. You can use salted and unsalted butter interchangeably. If a recipe calls for unsalted butter and also lists salt, just use slightly less salt than the recipe calls for.
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What makes Miyoko's a high quality butter option?
Miyoko's is a high quality butter for vegans, those who are dairy-free or lactose intolerant, and anyone looking for a delicious option. Crafted by a chef, for chefs and home-cooks alike, it can meet the demands of any kitchen, and excels in flavor and performance. Crafted with quality ingredients, using the same methods as our artisan ancestors, it's a wonderful, high-quality, compassionately made butter.