In some countries, ghee is used instead of butter, or you may even encounter ghee in supermarkets, but you are not sure what it is or what it is made from. Ghee and butter look alike and also smell like. To differentiate them from each other, ghee is 99.99 to 100 percent fat and is most common in India. It is anhydrous butterfat that is mixed with the buffalo’s milk fat.
This is used as cooking oil in most Indian cuisines. Butter, on the other hand, is made of 80% fat and has two kinds, the salted and unsalted butter. Compared to the shelf life of ghee, butter expires faster than ghee because of the additives and added ingredients. Butter is usually made from the milk of a cow, sheep, yak, and a goat.