Sweet cream butters, from least to most processed

We track 9 sweet cream butters, 22% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Beurre Tendre Doux.

What makes sweet cream butters ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of sweet cream butters that contain each:

Processed culinary ingredient (7)

  1. 1 Beurre Tendre Doux Président · 125 g NOVA group 2
  2. 2 Butter Salted Sweet Cream Great Value · 16 oz NOVA group 2
  3. 3 Plaquette 250g Doux Echiré · 250 g NOVA group 2
  4. 4 Sea Salted Extra Creamy Butter Tillamook · 454 g NOVA group 2
  5. 5 Salted Sweet Cream Butter Kirkland Signature · 4 × 16 oz (1 lb.) 453g NOVA group 2
  6. 6 Le Beurre Tendre Elle&Vire · 250 g NOVA group 2
  7. 7 Kerrygold Creamery Butter Kerrygold · 227g NOVA group 2

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 8 Sweet Cream Butter Unsalted Great Value · 16 oz NOVA group 4
  2. 9 Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter Kirkland Signature · 4x16 oz 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.