Is Earth Balance Soy Free Buttery Spread ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 15 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
vegetable oil blend (canola, stafflower, flaxseed oils), palm oil, water, less than 2% of (salt), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), pea protein isolate, sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker), olive oil, lactic acid, annato extract (color (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin
As written on the pack
vegetable oil blend (canola, stafflower and flaxseed oils), palm oil, water, less than 2% of: salt, natural flavor, pea protein isolate, sunflower lecithin, olive oil, lactic acid, annato extract(color)
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Among 182 margarines
From least to most processed, this one ranks 101st. 85% of the margarines here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0033776011895, last edited 28 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.