Is President's Choice Blue Menu Celeb original margarine ultra-processed?

Margarines Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Palm

25 ingredients
1 additive
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

fngredients (canola oil 73%, water), palm (ultra-processing marker), palm ernel oils (76), salt 1.5%, buttermilk powder 1%, soy ecithin, natural flavour (ultra-processing marker), lactic acid, vitamin a palmitate, beta-carotene, vitamin d3, ingredients (huile de canola 73%, EAU), huiles de palme modifiee et de palmiste 7%, SEL 1.5%, poudre de babeurre 1%, lécithine de soya arome naturel, acide lactique, palmitate de vitamine a, beta-carotêne, vitamine d3

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

FNGREDIENTS: CANOLA OIL (73%). WATER, MODIFIED PALM AND PALM ERNEL OILS (76), SALT (1.5%), BUTTERMILK POWDER (1%), SOY ECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOUR, LACTIC ACID, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, BETA-CAROTENE, VITAMIN D3. INGREDIENTS: HUILE DE CANOLA (73 %) EAU, HUILES DE PALME MODIFIEE ET DE PALMISTE (7 %), SEL (1,5 %), POUDRE DE BABEURRE (1 %), LÉCITHINE DE SOYA AROME NATUREL, ACIDE LACTIQUE, PALMITATE DE VITAMINE A, BETA-CAROTÊNE, VITAMINE D3

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Palm An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 182 margarines

From least to most processed, this one ranks 45th. 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 0060383778675, last edited 1 April 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.