# Cultured Alt-Milk Butters Kite Hill's Dairy-Free Spread is Made with Cultured Almond Milk By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2020-08-21 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dairy-free-spread References: [vegnews](https://vegnews.com/2020/8/kite-hill-launches-vegan-cultured-almond-milk-butter-at-target) & [kite-hill](https://www.kite-hill.com/our-food/butter-alternative/) [Kite Hill](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dairyfree-february) created a unique dairy-free spread that's made with cultured almond milk, offering an alternative to traditional butter that's modeled after European-style butter. The Plant-Based Butter Alternative is also made with premium oils like sunflower and coconut to create a creamy, spreadable formula that's gluten-free, non-GMO, vegan and free from artificial preservatives and flavors. Notably, the ingredients are said to undergo traditional butter-making methods, which yields a spread that tastes, melts and spreads just like dairy butter. Thanks to its versatile form, the dairy-free spread has the potential to be used on everything from bagels and slices of toast to baking recipes. The Plant-Based Butter Alternative inspired by European-style butter is a new product from Kite Hill, a brand that's known for its [vegan cheese and yogurt alternatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vegan-ricotta). Image Credit: Kite Hill ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.7/10 - Popularity: 2% | Activity: 10% | Freshness: 9% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Cultured Alt-milk Products:** Innovative applications of cultured plant-based milks offer an alternative to traditional dairy products. - **Premium Plant-based Ingredients:** The use of premium plant-based oils like sunflower and coconut create creamy and flavorful alt-milk spreads and butters. - **Traditional Processes for Plant-based Products:** Applying traditional butter-making methods to plant-based ingredients and milks creates spreads and butters that mimic traditional dairy products. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Plant-based Foods:** The plant-based foods industry can explore new product development opportunities using traditional processes and premium plant-based ingredients to create creamy and flavorful alternatives to traditional dairy products. - **Gluten-free Foods:** The gluten-free foods industry can offer a wider variety of options for consumers with dietary restrictions by incorporating cultured alt-milk spreads and butters made with premium plant-based ingredients into their products. - **Vegan Foods:** The vegan foods industry can expand its product offerings beyond cheese and yogurt by exploring new applications of cultured alt-milk products in spreads, butters, and other food products. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Cultured Plant-Based Butters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/future-of-butter.md) - [Spreadable Free-From Butter Products](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/all-things-butter-spreadable.md) - [Allergen-Free Butter Alternatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/unbutter.md) - [Plant-Based Butter Alternatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/plantbased-butter-alternatives.md) - [Plant Milk Cheese Spreads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/plant-milk-cheese-spreads.md) - [Allergy-Friendly Plant-Powered Spreads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/plant-powered-spread.md) - [Premium Plant-Based Spreads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lurpak-plant-based.md) - [Fermented Plant-Based Butters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fermented-plant-based-butter.md) - [Alternative Oat Butters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/oat-milk-butter.md)