Earth Balance Original/Traditional Spread

Earth Balance Original/Traditional Spread: 5/5 ingredient safety

Earth Balance Original/Traditional Spread by Earth Balance, Pinnacle Foods Group Llc has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Fats

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Earth Balance Original/Traditional Spread has a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Earth Balance Original/Traditional Spread sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

5 Top 15% higher than 85% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
D
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

Natural oil blend (palm fruit, canola oil, soybean oil, flaxseed oil, and olive oil), filtered water, contains less than 2% of pure salt, natural flavor, pea protein, sunflower lecithin, lactic acid (non-dairy), and naturally extracted annatto for color.

Product Details

Barcode
0033776011772
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States,World

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Frequently asked questions

Is Earth Balance Original/Traditional Spread above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Earth Balance Original/Traditional Spread sits ahead of 85% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 5/5 rating on Earth Balance Original/Traditional Spread?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Earth Balance Original/Traditional Spread's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.