Butter.

In 1864: “We use no lard, but in its place, milk, cream, and some butter.”—4SG. 154.CBPH 82.14

In 1872; Butter, but no other dairy product appeared in the list of things she and her husband spoke against in their public meetings (Testimonies for the Church 3:21).CBPH 82.15

In 1873: “In regard to our diet, we have not placed butter on our table for ourselves for years, until we came to the Rocky Mountains.CBPH 82.16

We felt that a little butter, in the absence of vegetables and fruit was less detrimental to health than the use of much salt or sugar, sweet cake and knickknacks. We do not use it now, and have not for many weeks.”—Letter 1, 1873.CBPH 83.1

In 1881: The use of butter is not a “sinful” indulgence.—The Review and Herald, June 25, 1959, 130:23.CBPH 83.2

In 1901: “Butter should not be placed on the table; for if it is, some will use it too freely.”—Counsels on Diet and Foods, 350. This allows that others could handle it acceptably.CBPH 83.3

In 1902: “Milk, eggs, and butter should not be classed with flesh meat.”—Testimonies for the Church 7:135.CBPH 83.4

In 1903: “I use no meat. As for myself, I have settled the butter question. I do not use it. This question should easily be settled in every place where the purest article cannot be obtained.”—Counsels on Diet and Foods, 351.CBPH 83.5

In 1904: “I do not eat butter, but there are members of my family who do. It is not placed on my table; but I make no disturbance because some members of my family choose to eat it occasionally. Many of our conscientious brethren have butter on their tables, and I feel under no obligation to force them to do otherwise.”—Counsels on Diet and Foods, 351, 352.CBPH 83.6

In 1905: “Butter is less harmful when eaten on cold bread than when used in cooking; but, as a rule, it is better to dispense with it altogether.”—The Ministry of Healing, 302.CBPH 83.7

In 1909: “Warnings have been given regarding the dangers of disease through butter.”—Testimonies for the Church 9:162.CBPH 83.8

Because of the increase of disease in animals and because of its unwholesomeness, Mrs. White considered butter to be a food that she could not recommend. It was definitely second-best as an article of diet, although acceptable at times in individual cases. This was her consistent position across the years. And today we know also about cholesterol which makes butter undesirable. Neither she nor the scientists of her day knew that in the churning of butter from cream the cholesterol present is concentrated in the butter while the phospholipids (Lecithin, etc.) which have a cholesterol lowering effect, are left in the buttermilk.CBPH 83.9

It should be noted that she did not call for a fat free diet. She advocated the use of cream after sterilization, and it was in regular use on her table.CBPH 83.10