The NHS warns that too much of the snack can increase your risk of heart disease and stroke

From the age-old debate of whether pineapple belongs on pizza to whether chocolate should be kept in the fridge or cupboard.

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Julie shared a “carnivore crack” recipe in a viral Instagram videoCredit: instagram

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People were horrified to discover what it’s actually made ofCredit: instagram
One woman has sparked a brand new cuisine controversy after sharing her one-ingredient snack – which she calls “carnivore crack”.

Food influencer Julie Smith, who promotes the keto diet on social media, has been dubbed a “heart attack waiting to happen”.

The keto diet involves eating lots of “good” fat and cutting out carbs to put the body in a state of ketosis.

This metabolic process is where the body starts to burn fat reserves for energy as it has been starved of carbs for fuel.

And as someone following the notoriously hard diet, where you can’t consume typical snacks like crisps and cereal bars, Julie makes her own snacks.

This is what pushed her to whip up the controversial “carnivore crack” – which she even claimed “tastes like caramel” in a viral Instagram reel.

Carnivore crack is simply melted, then frozen, butter.

Julie’s recipe involved melting two sticks of butter in a saucepan and stirring it continuously until the liquid turns brown.

She then pours the liquid into a baking tray and freezes it.

When the mixture comes out of the freezer, it is in a frozen slab that you can break and crack into bark-like pieces.
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“It gives this beautiful, rich caramel flavour,” Julie claimed.

“I get why people are calling it carnivore crack.

“It truly tastes like caramel.

“This was ridiculously good – and yes, it’s just butter.”

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Melted butter looks like this when it has been frozenCredit: instagram

Social media reacts

Her one-ingredient recipe didn’t go down well on social media, as critics flocked to the comments of her Instagram video to weigh in.

“You’re literally just eating f*****g brown butter? This is insanity,” one penned.

“What in the actual f**k,” another slammed.

“I know you didn’t just freeze two sticks of butter and then promote it as healthy.”

“You made brown butter,” a third said.

“Let’s call it brown butter instead of ‘crack’, which is a drug that has destroyed communities.”

Another critic joked that “actual crack is safer than this recipe”.

The NHS says…

Too much fat in your diet, especially saturated fats like in butter, can raise your cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart disease.

Medical guidelines state that men should not eat more than 30g of saturated fat a day and women should not eat more than 20g.

NHS guidance says: “As part of a healthy diet, you should try to cut down on foods and drinks that are high in saturated fats.

“Cholesterol is a fatty substance that’s mostly made by the body in the liver.

“Eating too much saturated fats in your diet can raise “bad” cholesterol in your blood, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.”