Beurre d'Isigny de baratte - European Score 100/100

European Score analysis

Carrefour and Reflets de France's Beurre d'Isigny de baratte earns a European Score of 100, with a breakdown of 35 points for company headquarters, 35 for manufacturing, 8 for ingredients, 15 for distribution, 5 for certifications, and 5 for proximity. The PDO — Protected Designation of Origin — certification is the key driver of the certification score, and Norman manufacturing is explicitly confirmed. The ingredients score of 8 rather than the full 10 suggests some complexity in the sourcing of butter components, which occasionally arises with premium dairy products. Within the unsalted butter with 82 fat content category, this product ranks at the 92nd percentile across 13 references — an outstanding position in a small but quality-oriented segment. For a European-minded shopper, the PDO label is a significant marker: it denotes a legally protected European quality designation that guarantees geographic and production method authenticity, in this case anchoring the product to the Isigny area of Normandy. This combination of a full 100 European Score and a 92nd-percentile category standing, underpinned by PDO certification, represents one of the stronger profiles in the dataset. Shoppers who value both the geographic specificity of a European protected designation and the broader European footprint signal will find this product particularly well-matched to those preferences.