Smart balance, buttery spread, light
Smart balance, buttery spread, light by Smart Balance has 2 tracked ingredients, 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
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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 Smart balance, buttery spread, light, 2 of its 2 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 Smart balance, buttery spread, light 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
Water, oil blend (palm, canola, flaxseed, soybean and olive oils), less than 2% salt, natural and artificial flavors, lactic acid, vitamin a palmitate, beta-carotene color, vegetable monoglycerides and sorbitan ester of fatty acids (emulsifier), potassium sorbate, tbhq and calcium disodium edta (to preserve freshness).
Product Details
- Brand
- Smart Balance
- Barcode
- 0033776011505
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Smart balance, buttery spread, light's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Smart balance, buttery spread, light 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.
How should Smart balance, buttery spread, light's 5/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Smart balance, buttery spread, light'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.