Butter and margarine mix, from least to most processed

We track 11 butter and margarine mix, 55% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Organic Unsalted Butter.

What makes butter and margarine mix ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of butter and margarine mix that contain each:

Processed culinary ingredient (4)

  1. 1 Organic Unsalted Butter Yeo Valley · 200 g NOVA group 2
  2. 2 Connacht Gold spreadable butter 454g NOVA group 2
  3. 3 Bregott Mellan Arla · 500 g NOVA group 2
  4. 4 Smug Oat & Dairy butter Smug · 200 g NOVA group 2

Processed food (1)

  1. 5 salted whipped butter Know & Love · 226 NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 6 Oat & Dairy Butter Smug Dairy · 400 g NOVA group 4
  2. 7 I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Original I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! · 500 g NOVA group 4
  3. 8 Plant Butter Country Crock NOVA group 4
  4. 9 Plant Butter Unsalted Becel · 454g NOVA group 4
  5. 10 original soft spreadable Anchor · 500 g NOVA group 4
  6. 11 Lighter Butter Marks & Spencers NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.