Is Trader Joe's Cultured Salted 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.
- 4 ingredients
- No additives
Ingredients
Butter (Cream, Lactic Acid Cultures), Salt
As written on the pack
Cultured Butter (Pasteurized Cream (Milk), Lactic Acid Cultures), Salt.
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 64 salted butters
From least to most processed, this one ranks 58th. 2% of the salted butters here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00537209, last edited 10 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.