Lurpak

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox brand Lurpak is a Danish brand of butter owned by Arla Foods. It is sold in over 75 countries worldwide,[1] and is known for its distinctive silver packaging.[2] Lurpak came into existence in October 1901 after a cooperative of several Danish dairy farmers decided to create and register a common brand and mark for butter to increase sales.[3] Its trumpetlike logo is based on the lur, an ancient brass instrument once used in Scandinavia.[4][5]

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Lurpak salted butter

Lurpak's principal market is the United Kingdom.[6]

Lurpak butter is made from milk, but their spreadable range contains rapeseed oil.[7]

Product range

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Lurpak unsalted butter
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Single-serve packs of Lurpak butter
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Lurpack on Bosnian supermarket shelves
  • Lurpak Slightly Salted Butter
  • Lurpak Cheese Spread
  • Lurpak Lighter Spreadable
  • Lurpak Lightest Spreadable
  • Lurpak Organic Spreadable
  • Lurpak Unsalted
  • Lurpak Spreadable Slightly Salted Butter
  • Lurpak Spreadable Margarine Butter
  • Lurpak With Crushed Garlic
  • Lurpak Olive Oil Spread
  • Lurpak Softest Slightly Salted (launched Spring 2018)
  • Lurpak Plant Based

Advertising campaigns

In 1985, Lurpak launched a television campaign for the United Kingdom featuring Douglas, a trombonist made from butter, trying to play the famous classical composition Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov at the end of each advert spot (usually being stopped by the voiceover "Not now, Douglas!"), in tribute to Arthur Tolcher's appearances on the television show Morecambe and Wise. This was created by Aardman Animations, and featured the voice of Penelope Keith, with the intro to the Agnus Dei from Faure's Requiem as background music. This ran for almost twenty years, until Lurpak repositioned with the "Good Food Deserves Lurpak" campaign, created by Wieden+Kennedy, and featuring the voice of Rutger Hauer.[8][9]

Similar brands

In the United Kingdom, discount retailer Aldi has introduced its own brand lookalike "butter blended with rapeseed oil", named Nordpak,[10][11] which is manufactured in Ireland.[12] Lidl and Tesco also have their own brand lookalikes, named Danpak and Butterpak, respectively.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

References

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External links

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