What is the difference between butter fat and visible meat fat or chicken skin?
The difference between butter and other animal fat is the type and amount of saturated fat that these items contain. As a general rule, saturated fats are those fats that are hard at room temperature. Animal fat stays hard at room temperature, whereas butter fat softens. Butter is processed for fuel more efficiently than the type of fat found in chicken skin or visible meat fat. Also, about one-third of the fat in butter equals the type of healthy fat found in olive oil.
