Parkay, 60% vegetable oil spread

Breakdown

8 ingredients to avoid

Parkay, 60% vegetable oil spread scores 15/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Parkay, 60% vegetable oil spread lists 16 ingredients, starting with Soybean Oil, Water, Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil and Non Fat Milk. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Parkay, 60% vegetable oil spread scores worse than most syrups & spreads we have scored. A higher-scoring option in syrups & spreads is Spring Tree 100% Pure Rich Taste Maple Syrup at 100/100.