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Is I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Original ultra-processed?

500 g Margarines Sold in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

Pack of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Original

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed margarines

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

Water, vegetable oils (rapeseed vegetable oils, palm vegetable oils, sunflower vegetable oils), in varying proportion, salt 1.3%, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, lecithins, flavouring, citric acid, vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin D

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Water, vegetable oils (rapeseed, palm, sunflower, in varying proportion), salt (1.3%), emulsifiers (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, lecithins), flavouring, acidity regulator (citric acid), vitamins (A and D)

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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 182 margarines

From least to most processed, this one ranks 94th. 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 182 margarines, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8719200284418, last edited 1 October 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.