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Is Vialife Plant Butter salted ultra-processed?

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Pack of Vialife Plant Butter salted

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

plant-based oil blend from coconut, sunflower, canola oils, water, salt, sunfla lecithin, faba bean protein, citric acid, natural flavor, glucose, beta carotene (color), 1, 2 cup, 1, 2 | 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbs all measurements approximate

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E322 Lecithins.

As written on the pack

plant-based oil blend from coconut, sunflower and canola oils, water, salt, sunfla lecithin, faba bean protein, citric acid, natural flavor, glucose, beta carotene (color). 1/2 cup - 1/2 | 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbsp 1 tbs all measurements approximate.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 264 butters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 257th. 23% of the butters 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 264 butters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011115002056, last edited 22 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.