Rucava white butter ( lv, Rucavas baltais sviests) is a traditional cow's

milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Immune factors and immune-modula ...

butter Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 80% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread, melted as a condimen ...

produced in

Rucava Rucava ( lt, Rukiava, german: Rutzau) is a village in South Kurzeme Municipality, Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas R ...

, Latvia, since the early 20th century. The butter has Protected Designation of Origin classification in the

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, which it received in 2018.

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{{Latvia-stub Butter Latvian products with protected designation of origin