Ghee vs. Butter: Saturated Fat Comparison for Cooking

Question
We eat NO  butter at all.  How bad, or better,how does the sat. fat compare with plain butter?

I only want to use it for cooking,thanks

Answer
Hi Larry,

The fat breakdown of ghee is 65% saturated and 32% monounsaturated (the other 3% is polunsaturated, linoleic and alpha linoleic fat). The breakdown of butter is 63% saturated and 26% monounsaturated (again the remainder is the other types of fat). So, in other words, there is not a significant different in saturated fat content.

Hope that helps!

Karen