Beurre d'Isigny

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Beurre d'Isigny ({{IPA|fr|bœʁ diziɲi}}; {{lit|Butter of Isigny}}) is a type of cow's milk butter made in the Veys Bay area and the valleys of the rivers running into it, comprising several French communes surrounding Isigny-sur-Mer and straddling the Manche and Calvados departments of Normandy, northern France.

The butter has a natural golden colour as a result of high levels of carotenoids.{{Cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/documentDisplay.html?chkDocument=351_1_en|title = EAmbrosia}} The butter contains 82% fatty solids and is rich in oleic acid and mineral salts (particularly sodium). These salts provide flavour and a long shelf-life.{{Cite web|url=http://www.inao.gouv.fr/public/produits/detailProduit.php?ID_PRODUIT=3299|title = Fiche produit}}

The local producers requested protection for their milk products as early as the 1930s with a definition of the production area, finally receiving PDO status in 1996.[http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/registeredName.html?denominationId=129 Beurre d'Isigny PDO registration], European Commission Denomination Information