Like its green-coloured sibling, red butter lettuce is delicate in flavour, soft in texture, and a popular addition to salads and accompaniment to richly-flavoured foods. The red leaves impart a slightly more earthy and less sweet flavour than green butter lettuce.
Red Butter Lettuce is rich with vitamins A and K (crucial for bone formation), and high in vitamin B (also known as folate), calcium, potassium, magnesium and iron.