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4th & Heart Grassfed Ghee

Why 4th & Heart Grassfed Ghee

When asked why one should use ghee instead of butter (or its substitutes) my mind races with thousands of reasons. What first comes to mind are the practical reasons: high heat cooking, culinary inspired flavors, shelf stability, and the “back to basics” approach to eating. Then there are ALL of the health reasons!

4th & Heart grass-fed ghee uses the highest quality grass-fed butter, sourced from a cooperative of farms in New Zealand. Grass is naturally high in Vitamins A, D, E, K and CLA. When the cow’s milk is rich with these vitamins, it goes directly to the butter and therefore, to the ghee. Just how Mom’s nutrition goes to her baby when drinking breast milk!

Let me break it down…

Butter = Milk Solids + Butter Fat + Water

Ghee = Butter – Milk Solids – Water

Water + Milk Solids = 20% of each stick of butter, therefore, ghee is just a higher dose of the good fat found in butter. What’s different about 4th & Heart ghee? Well, we cook it slowly and use fresh ingredients to create flavor profiles that make cooking much more fun and versatile.

4th & Heart Grassfed Ghee Products Include:

Original Ghee

Fourth & Heart ghee is made from the milk of grass-fed, pasture raised New Zealand cows. Why did we have to go so far from home? We find the best quality to be in the place where the greenest grass grows and that’s in New Zealand.

Himalayan Pink Salt Ghee

All of our Himalayan Salt Pink Salt is food grade, all-natural, organic compliant, and Kosher certified.

Madagascar Vanilla Bean Ghee

Our Madagascar Vanilla Bean uses sun-dried beans that are 100% Organic Fair Trade Certified.

California Garlic Ghee

Our California Garlic is sourced from Northern California, all natural, pure garlic.

White Truffle Ghee

The White Truffle is of the highest quality and is then ground with pure sea salt to form a white truffle sea salt that is whipped into Fourth & Heart ghee.

Grass-Fed Ghee Oil Pour

Our ghee oil is a (60/40 butter oil/grapeseed) hybrid of a slow cooked butter oil and grapes. The slow cooking of the oil allows us to preserve the vitamins found in butter that burns off in high-temperature cooking. Use to saute, bake, scramble, or fry, in salad dressings or even blended in your hot coffee. Excellent for high-temperature cooking.

Grass-Fed Ghee Oil Spray

Ghee spray is for the busy cook who loves the taste of butter but wants to minimize the use of it while maximizing cooking efficiency. Use on non-stick, iron or steel for high-temperature cooking! Excellent for pancakes, fried eggs, sauteeing or spraying onto a salad.

Chocti Chocolate Spread - Original

“Chocti” comes from the Sanskrit word shakti, meaning change and empowerment. Chocti honors those roots by empowering choice and facilitating change by offering a healthier alternative to ordinary, everyday chocolate spreads. Carefully crafted from cacao, dates, and our Madagascar vanilla bean ghee, it’s a delicious, nutritious way to upgrade your pantry and brighten your day.

Ingredients: Date syrup, chocolate (cacao, coconut sugar), vanilla bean ghee (milk).

Chocti Chocolate Spread - Passionfruit

“Chocti” comes from the Sanskrit word shakti, meaning change and empowerment. Chocti honors those roots by empowering choice and facilitating change by offering a healthier alternative to ordinary, everyday chocolate spreads. Carefully crafted from cacao, dates, and our Madagascar vanilla bean ghee, it’s adelicious, nutritous way to upgrade your pantry and brighten your day.

Ingredients: Date syrup, chocolate (cacao, coconut sugar), vanilla bean ghee (milk), passionfruit powder.

Chocti Chocolate Spread - Coffee

“Chocti”comes from the Sanskrit word shakti, meaning change and empowerment. Chocti honors those roots by empowering choice and facilitating change by offering a healthier alternative to ordinary, everyday chocolate spreads. Carefully crafted from cacao, dates, and our Madagascar vanilla bean.

Ingredients: Date syrup, chocolate (cacao, coconut sugar), vanilla bean ghee (milk), coffee oil, guaraná seed powder

Categories: Certified Paleo, Keto Certified Tags: cooking oil and fats, staples

4th & Heart Story

Fourth & Heart is an artisanal food brand based in Los Angeles, CA, set on a mission to modernize ancient pantry food staples starting with a line of grass-fed flavored pure spreadable butters known as "ghee".

Fourth & Heart is an ode to the Heart Chakra. It’s the intersection where most of us get stuck. We think through everything and we rarely feel our way through it. Our intellect gets in the way. I find the most lasting decisions are heart choices and not hard choices.

Fourth & Heart hopes to inspire others through the passion we put into our product and to inspire “heart” decisions, not hard decisions.

We move forward with bold intention, and with your hearts and our hearts in mind. We want what we put into our product to move you, motivate you, inspire you.

Raquel Tavares Gunsagar

Raquel, devout Ashtanga Yogini, snowboarder, lover of all things food was born in Brazil and later migrated at age six to Northern California with her mother and brother in the early 80’s. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her family and is mother to two young boys. She is the principal creator of Tava Organics, LTD, parent company of Fourth & Heart. She prides herself on the ability to tackle family, work, self and play – she wants to milk each minute of each day.

Favorite Quote

“There is no passion to be found in playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela

Favorite Author

Elizabeth Gilbert

Fictional Character She Most Admires

Olivia Pope

Living Person She Most Admires

Rick O’Barry

The Best Meal to Start a Day

Acai Bowl & Ghee-Buttered Coffee

Lilly Wunsch

Lilly is a self-professed Excel nerd, hula hooper, and craft beer aficionado. Her passion for simple, delicious, wholesome foods originated after she graduated from UCLA and was finally forced to cook for herself. As a lifelong Californian, she loves nothing better than biking to the beach in the summertime. She is the co-founder of 4th & Heart and believes in learning something new every day.

Favorite Quote

“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”

Favorite Author

Oscar Wilde

Fictional Character She Most Admires

Uncle Iroh from Avatar the Last Airbender

Living Person She Most Admires

Oprah

The Best Meal to Start a Day

Oatmeal full of raisins, almond milk, chia seeds and vanilla bean ghee

Original Ghee

4th & Heart - Certified Paleo, KETO Certified - Paleo Foundation

Himalayan Pink Salt Ghee

Madagascar Vanilla Bean Ghee

California Garlic Ghee

White Truffle Ghee

White Truffle Salt Ghee - 4th & Heart - Certified Paleo, KETO Certified - Paleo Foundation

Grass-Fed Ghee Oil Pour

Pourable Ghee Oil - 4th & Heart - Certified Paleo, KETO Certified - Paleo Foundation

Grass-Fed Ghee Oil Spray

Sprayable Ghee Oil - 4th & Heart - Certified Paleo, KETO Certified - Paleo Foundation

Chocti Chocolate Spread - Original

Chocti Chocolate Spread - Passionfruit

Passionfruit Chocti Chocolate Ghee Spread - 4th & Heart - Certified Paleo, KETO Certified - Paleo Foundation

Chocti Chocolate Spread - Coffee

Coffee Guarana Chocti Chocolate Ghee Spread - 4th & Heart - Certified Paleo, KETO Certified - Paleo Foundation

WHAT IS GHEE?

Answer: Ghee is butter, but better. It’s a type of clarified butter that is heated and reduced. During this process, milk solids will both float to the top and sink to the bottom. The milk solids are then triple-filtered out, and what you’re left with is the pure healthy fat, which is lactose free & dairy free, as well as good for digestion and metabolism. Since our ghee is made from 100% grass-fed butter, it has a wonderful yellow color and is high in vitamins A, D & E. Our ghee is 0% Dairy. It has been tested and is one part per million dairy. (But, if people say they are allergic, do not force them to try it.)

WHY SHOULD I USE IT?

Answer: Ghee is much better for you than butter. It’s similar in health benefits to coconut oil or olive oil, but it’s better for cooking because of its high smoke point (450-485 degrees for ghee vs. 280 degrees for olive oil). When other oils smoke, they become trans fats! And, you don’t have to refrigerate ghee! It’s always a spreadable consistency.

WHAT SHOULD I USE IT FOR?

Answer: Any time you use butter, olive oil, coconut oil, etc., use ghee! Ghee is a 1:1 substitute. Its spreadable texture makes it easy for baking and it takes great on toast. Explore all of our delicious ghee flavors with your favorite foods: Green chili – chicken, fish, eggs, vegetables Vanilla – bulletproof coffee, oatmeal, pancakes, sweet potatoes, cookies Pink Salt – you don’t need to add salt after using it in a dish (corn, grilled cheese, anything really)

WHY ARE YOU BETTER THAN OTHER BRANDS?

Answer: Fourth & Heart ghee is 100% grass-fed, which is more prized than organic because it is more humane and has even more health benefits – higher levels of CLA, better Omega 3 to Omega 6 fatty acid ratio, and more vitamins A and E. We also offer a variety of flavors flavors to please different palettes and cooking inspirations.

ARE YOU ORGANIC?

Answer: We are 100% grass fed. Our butter comes from New Zealand, which has very stringent dairy regulations and produces the highest quality butter. We searched long and hard for only the best butter to use in our ghee.

HOW LONG DOES IT LAST?

Answer: If you keep the jar clean (don’t use dirty spoons, crumbs, etc.) it should last indefinitely. However, we generally recommend 6-9 months. And no need to refrigerate it.

HOW MUCH IS IT?

Answer: Prices varies by location, so please inquire at your local store. One jar lasts a long time, as you usually use a teaspoon at a time.

ISN’T GHEE JUST CLARIFIED BUTTER?

Answer: Clarified butter is made simply by heating butter and removing the milk solids which have risen to the top of the pot. In the making of traditional ghee, butter is brought to a boil and cooked until all the moisture is boiled off, and all the milk solids (lactose and casein) have settled to the bottom. These milks solids which have settled on the bottom of the pot are intentionally burned or caramelized, developing nutty flavor to the ghee. Ghee is the pure extraction of oil from butter.

OTHER FUN FACTS

Answer: We are a new product, made in small batches in downtown L.A. We donate part of our income to yoga gives back, which gives micro loans to women in India so that their daughters can stay in school. Because it’s dairy free, 4th & Heart ghee is a great part of the Paleo diet and is also perfect for people who are lactose intolerant.

We Care

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Accounting

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For brand and food service inquiries

Please contact raquelt@4thandheart.com

About Us :

Established in 2010, The Paleo Foundation was first organized for the purpose of improving the tolerability of the paleo diet, and to help adherents easily identify products that met its basic tenets. Since then, thousands of products have been certified through the Certified Paleo, Keto Certified, and lab -tested Grain-Free Gluten-Free certification programs.

Disclosures:

100% of Paleo Foundation revenue is generated through certifications. We do not accept donations, corporate sponsorships, or financially benefit from the sales of any certified products, product giveaways, or partnerships with industry contacts or retailers for the purpose of maintaining the integrity of an impartial certification standard.

Certified Paleo:

Each certification program has a different set of standards. Certified Paleo is the Paleo Foundation’s first, most popular, and highest level of certification for Paleo-compliant products. Certified Paleo Products are products that contain Paleo ingredients, but may have some 21st-century processing or packaging methods allowing for shelf stability.

Grain-Free Gluten-Free:

Grain Free Gluten Free Certified products are gluten-free and do not contain any grains of gliadin competitive residues. All Grain-Free Gluten-Free products have undergone two rounds of audits, including lab tests, and a final review to become approved for the Grain-free Gluten-free Certified Program.

Keto Certified:

The ketogenic diet is a restrictive, demanding diet that can be difficult to maintain, and tolerability of the ketogenic diet is the single most important factor limiting individual acceptance for initiation. Therefore, improving the tolerability of the ketogenic diet is crucial to preventing diet discontinuation, warranting further investigation into methods for improving palatability, improving the availability and convenience of foods that are compliant with the ketogenic diet, as well as addressing cultural and social acceptance.

The Keto Diet product market may be in a unique position to improve tolerability, especially in social and cultural environments that typically feature carbohydrate-rich “special occasion” types of foods. In 2016, the Paleo Foundation launched the world's first Keto Certified program for products with standards that were developed for adherence to a classical ketogenic diet.

4th & Heart Grassfed Ghee

Why 4th & Heart Grassfed Ghee

4th & Heart Grassfed Ghee Products Include:

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4th & Heart Story

Raquel Tavares Gunsagar

Favorite Quote

Favorite Author

Fictional Character She Most Admires

Living Person She Most Admires

The Best Meal to Start a Day

Lilly Wunsch

Favorite Quote

Favorite Author

Fictional Character She Most Admires

Living Person She Most Admires

The Best Meal to Start a Day

Original Ghee

Himalayan Pink Salt Ghee

Madagascar Vanilla Bean Ghee

California Garlic Ghee

White Truffle Ghee

Grass-Fed Ghee Oil Pour

Grass-Fed Ghee Oil Spray

Chocti Chocolate Spread - Original

Chocti Chocolate Spread - Passionfruit

Chocti Chocolate Spread - Coffee

WHAT IS GHEE?

WHY SHOULD I USE IT?

WHAT SHOULD I USE IT FOR?

WHY ARE YOU BETTER THAN OTHER BRANDS?

ARE YOU ORGANIC?

HOW LONG DOES IT LAST?

HOW MUCH IS IT?

ISN’T GHEE JUST CLARIFIED BUTTER?

OTHER FUN FACTS

We Care

Press Inquiries

Accounting

Wholesale Inquiries

For brand and food service inquiries

About Us :

Disclosures:

Certified Paleo:

Grain-Free Gluten-Free:

Keto Certified:

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