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Unsalted butters, from least to most processed

We track 31 unsalted butters, 26% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Beurre Tendre Doux.

What makes unsalted butters ultra-processed

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

Processed culinary ingredient (23)

  1. 1 Beurre Tendre Doux Président · 125 g 2
  2. 2 Unsalted English Butter Sainsbury's · 250g 2
  3. 3 Unsalted Butter Tesco · 250g 2
  4. 4 British unsalted butter Aldi · 250 g 2
  5. 5 Organic Unsalted Butter Yeo Valley · 200 g 2
  6. 6 Unsalted Irish Butter Kerrygold · 8 oz 2
  7. 7 Unsalted British Butter Muller · 250 g 2
  8. 8 Pure Irish Butter Unsalted Kerrygold · 8 oz 2
  9. 9 British Unsalted Butter Asda · 250g 2
  10. 10 Unsalted Dairy Butter essential Waitrose · 250 g 2
  11. 11 Unsalted Butter Vital Farms Inc. 2
  12. 12 Unsalted British Butter Ocado · 250 g 2
  13. 13 Unsalted Butter Country Life · 250g 2
  14. 14 Unsalted Butter No Name · 454 g 2
  15. 15 Butter unsalted Yeo Valley 2
  16. 16 Unsalted Welsh Butter Dairy Manor · 250g 2
  17. 17 British Butter Unsalted Morrisons · 250g 2
  18. 18 President, butter, unsalted President · 7 oz 2
  19. 19 Svenskt Smör Osaltat Arla 2
  20. 20 Le Beurre Tendre Elle&Vire · 250 g 2
  21. 21 Unsalted Butter Organic Valley · 16 oz 2
  22. 22 Unsalted European Style Butter Danish Creamery 2
  23. 23 Organic Unsalted Butter Horizon · 454 g 2

Ultra-processed food (8)

  1. 24 Sweet Cream Butter Unsalted Great Value · 16 oz 4
  2. 25 Sweet Cream Unsalted Butter Countryside Creamery · 16 oz (453 g) 4
  3. 26 Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter Kirkland Signature · 4x16 oz 4
  4. 27 Sweet Cream Butter 4
  5. 28 Natural Creamery Butter Cabot · 16 oz 4
  6. 29 Unsalted butter 16 oz 4
  7. 30 Unsalted Butter Land O'Lakes · 453g 4
  8. 31 Sweet Cream Butter Member's Mark · 14 g 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.