Original Buttery Spread
Original Buttery Spread by Earth Balance 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
Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Fats / Spreads / Plant-based spreads / Salted spreads / Vegetable fats / Spreadable fats / Margarines / Cosmetic-products
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 Original Buttery 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 Original Buttery 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
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
VEGETABLE OIL BLEND (PALM OIL, CANOLA OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, FLAXSEED OIL), WATER, LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, PEA PROTEIN ISOLATE, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, OLIVE OIL, LACTIC ACID, ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR).
Product Details
- Brand
- Earth Balance
- Barcode
- 0033776011703
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- France,United States,World
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Frequently asked questions
Is Original Buttery Spread above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Original Buttery Spread's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Original Buttery Spread's 5/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Original Buttery 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.