What is the difference between "all butter" vs "butter"?

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Japan had a lower consumption of butter compared with Russia.
Japan had a lower consumption of all butter compared with Russia.

Do the two sentences above mean the same? please explain

Japan had a lower consumption of salted butter compared with Russia.
Japan had a lower consumption of butter compared with Russia.

Do the word salted butter can be replaced into butter? please explain

I would really appreciate for every comment! Thank you so much!!

Greybeard · Answer

There is a good example of adding qualifiers:
Two shops were in competition in a street. The owner of shop A put up a sign “CHEAPEST IN THE STREET!” Shop B then put up a sign “CHEAPEST IN THE TOWN!” So A changed his sign to “CHEAPEST IN THE COUNTRY!” And B’s response was “CHEAPEST IN THE WORLD!” A replied with “CHEAPEST IN THE UNIVERSE!” B thought for a while, and put up a sign “CHEAPEST!”
Adjectival modifiers restrict or are emphatic. In your example “butter” is an uncountable noun and its meaning encompasses all those things which have the quality of “butter” regardless of any other attribute (including “salted”)– all is basically an emphatic and unnecessary – omit it.

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