Is Sam's Choice Creamy Cashew Butter ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 7 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed nut butters
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cashews, safflower oil (processing marker), cane sugar (processing marker), palm oil, pine nuts, pistachios, walnuts
As written on the pack
Cashews, safflower oil, cane sugar, palm oil, sea salt contains cashews. may contain traces of almonds, brazil nuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts.
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 345 nut butters
From least to most processed, this one ranks 273rd. 18% of the nut butters here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078742232850, last edited 28 January 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.