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Is Flora Natural Ingredients Buttery ultra-processed?

1 kg Margarines Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Flora Natural Ingredients Buttery

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

vegetable oils (rapeseed vegetable oils, sunflower vegetable oils), linseed in variable natural proportions, water, coconut fat, ingredients emulsifier (sunflower lecithin), faba bean preparation, salt 1.3%, natural flavourings, colour (beta carotene), flora is made with natural ingredients and is free from palm oil, plant-based 100%, dairy free free from preservatives, artificial colours, and flavours

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

vegetable oils (rapeseed, sunflower, linseed in variable natural proportions), water, coconut fat, ingredients emulsifier (sunflower lecithin), faba bean preparation, salt (1,3%), natural flavourings, colour (beta carotene), flora is made with natural ingredients and is free from palm oil, 100% plant-based - suitable for vegans-gluten free, dairy free free from preservatives, artificial colours, and flavours,

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 184 margarines

From least to most processed, this one ranks 132nd. 85% of the margarines here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 184 margarines, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8719200265455, last edited 1 May 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.