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UK-based dairy farming company Wyke Farms’ has announced that its Ivy’s Reserve, Salted Farmhouse Butter is now available with carbon-neutral credentials. The “UK’s first” carbon-neutral butter joins the Ivy range, alongside Ivy's Reserve Vintage Cheddar that launched last year as the “world’s first” carbon-neutral cheddar. Rich Clothier, MD and third generation family member at Wyke Farms, said: “The world butter market is worth nearly $20 billion and is predicted to grow by 50% by 2027. Increasingly, people across the world are looking for premium dairy products with provenance and history – butter is no exception and Ivy’s Reserve salted farmhouse butter is a best-in-class product in terms of quality and sustainability, and it articulates our unique set of values that fit with this trend.” Ivy’s Reserve salted farmhouse butter will be produced in Wyke Farms’ new butter dairy facility, which opened in March this year. The state-of-the-art facility – the result of a £10 million investment – is powered by home-produced renewable electricity and gas and is energy- and water-efficient. Wyke Farms partnered with the Carbon Trust to undertake a “cradle-to-grave” footprint analysis and have certified the footprint of Ivy’s Reserve salted farmhouse butter as carbon-neutral in accordance with PAS 2060. This is an internationally recognised specification for carbon-neutrality and builds on the existing PAS 2050 environmental standard. It sets out requirements for the quantification, reduction, and offsetting of greenhouse gas emissions for organisations, products and events.