Unsalted butter
Unsalted butter by Giant Eagle 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 E.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 2
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How This Score Is Built
Unsalted butter draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Unsalted butter 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
Processed culinary ingredients are substances obtained from foods through processes like pressing, refining, or milling. They are used in home and restaurant kitchens.
Full Ingredients List
PASTEURIZED CREAM, LACTIC ACID. CONTAINS: MILK.
Product Details
- Brand
- Giant Eagle
- Barcode
- 0030034937669
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 2 — Processed culinary ingredients
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Giant Eagle
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Unsalted butter rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Unsalted butter 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 does a 5/5 ingredient safety score mean?
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 5/5 average places Unsalted butter 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.