If you’re looking for a new dairy-free butter stick option, check your local Walmart. Walmart has just launched Dairy-Free Butter Sticks under their Bettergoods private label umbrella and at $3.48 for an 8-ounce pack, it’s a new choice entering the plant-based space.
A quick look at the ingredients list on the back of the package reveals a surprisingly premium blend for a store brand including “Coconut oil, water, avocado oil, butter beans, sea salt, sunflower lecithin, natural flavor…”.
What You Need to Know
- Premium Ingredients: While most value-priced plant butters rely entirely on standard vegetable oil blends, this formula features no seed or palm oils and a whole-food legume base (butter beans) to get a rich, creamy texture without heavy gums.
- Baking Performance: Because it uses solid coconut oil and the natural starches of butter beans, these sticks should firm up nicely in the fridge. This should make them a great candidate for recipes that require structural integrity, like flaky pie crusts, cookies or frostings.
- Allergen-Friendly: The simplified coconut and avocado oil base bypasses soy and corn, making it a good option for those navigating those food sensitivities.
It is also worth being upfront about the cost. This box contains only two sticks and while $3.48 sounds affordable, a standard four stick box of dairy butter at Walmart often runs the same price or less. Coconut oil and avocado oil are genuinely more expensive ingredients to source than the vegetable oil blends used in most budget plant butters, and that cost gets passed on.
Keep an eye out for these in your Walmart dairy aisle as the rollout continues. If you’ve been looking for an option that skips traditional vegetable oil blends, these might become a new favorite.
