Opinion Dairy-free & delicious: Best vegan butter in Australia

Looking for a creamy dairy-free alternative to butter? There’s a whole spread to choose from in stores! Here are our top recommendations.

At a time when more than 40% of Aussie households have plant-based milk in the fridge, it figures that many of us are now looking for dairy-free alternatives to other products like butter, too. 

And the great news is that thanks to this increase in demand, there are now plenty of plant-based butter options readily available in major supermarkets. 

Most of these plant-based butter options are nearly indistinguishable from dairy butter: They’re spreadable, meltable, and remarkably similar in both flavour and texture. Essentially, they can do everything dairy butter can do … only butter better 😉 

We’ve rounded up some of our favourite dairy-free butters for you to add to your shopping list:

• Nuttelex Buttery (Woolworths, Coles)
• Nuttelex Original (Woolworths, Coles)
• Nuttelex Zero (Woolworths, Coles)
• Tablelands Dairy-free Buttery (Woolworths)
• Lauds Cultured Oat Butter (Online and specialty stores)
• Naturli’ Organic Vegan Spreadable (Online and specialty stores)
• Naturli’ Organic Block (Online and specialty stores)
• Bu Deli Block Butter (Online and specialty stores)
• Botanical Cuisine Cultured Butter (Online and specialty stores)
• The Vegan Dairy Cultured Butter (Online and specialty stores)

Whether you’re making a buttercream frosting or a roux-based sauce, greasing a cake tin or making movie-style popcorn – or just need something to spread on your toast in the morning – you can’t go wrong with one of these utterly buttery plant-based products.

Want to make your own dairy-free butter at home?

It’s surprisingly easy! Try making this recipe for aquafaba-based butter, or this super quick recipe that uses coconut oil as the base. They’re both 100% plant-based and delicious – and the best thing is that they require precisely zero harm to cows, and no churning either!

For more tips on joining the growing dairy-free movement, grab your free veg starter kit today, or check out our recommendations for plant-based cheeses and yoghurts.