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- ↑ "Beurre Rose - Marque Nationale du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - Local Butter From Luxembourg". Taste Atlas. 4 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-06-05. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- 1 2 "Beurre Rose - Marque Nationale du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg DOP". Qualigeo: The food, wine and spirits Geographical Indications database. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
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- ↑ "Beurre Rose: Appellation d'Origine Protégée". Luxlait (in French). 6 February 2006. Archived from the original on 2020-01-21. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ↑ "Beurre rose - Marque Nationale du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (Luxembourg Rose butter)". Cookipedia.co.uk. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
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