Is Horizon Organic Unsalted Butter ultra-processed?
No, it's a kitchen staple
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.
- 2 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Grade a pasteurized cream, lactic acid
Additives: E270 Lactic acid
As written on the pack
Grade a pasteurized organic cream (milk), lactic acid.
Why it is in group 2
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Fats Products in the category "Fats" are at least group 2.
- Animal fats Products in the category "Animal fats" are at least group 2.
Among 31 unsalted butters
From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 26% of the unsalted butters here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0742365416200, last edited 25 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.