Light Buttery Spread
Light Buttery Spread by Smart Balance has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.7 out of 5, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Light Buttery Spread, 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Light Buttery Spread sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.7 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
WATER, OIL BLEND (CANOLA, PALM, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, FLAXSEED, AND SOYBEAN OILS), LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, BETA-CAROTENE COLOR, VITAMIN D, VEGETABLE MONO-GLYCERIDES AND SORBITAN ESTER OF VEGETABLE FATTY ACIDS (EMULSIFIER), POTASSIUM SORBATE, LACTIC ACID, TBHQ AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Light Buttery Spread: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.7/5.
- Potato Bacon Breakfast Δ 0.0 pts · The Kwikery 4.7/511 additives
- Assorted fruit & vegetable flavored snacks, assorted fruit & vegetable Δ 0.0 pts 4.7/57 additives
- Assorted fruit & vegetable flavored snacks, assorted fruit & vegetable Δ 0.0 pts 4.7/57 additives
- Blended Cultured Soymilk Δ 0.0 pts · Silk 4.7/57 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Smart Balance
- Barcode
- 0033776011529
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Light Buttery Spread rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Light Buttery Spread's 4.7/5 average puts it in the safer 82%, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Light Buttery Spread's 4.7/5 score be read?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.7/5 average places Light Buttery Spread in 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.