How is it that every dairy product goes bad outside fridge but butter is meant to be stored in butter dish outside fridge?

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How is it that every dairy product goes bad outside fridge but butter is meant to be stored in butter dish outside fridge?

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Answer 1

It is all about the ratio of fat to moisture and sugars. Butter is high fat and low moisture and sugars. The same goes for some types of cheese. Milk, Cream…etc have high moisture and high sugars.

All the things we made out of milk were attempts at making milk last longer. Yogurt, cheese, butter, all last longer than strait up raw milk.