Soft margarine

Breakdown

5 ingredients to avoid

Parkay Soft margarine 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 Soft margarine lists 12 ingredients, starting with Soybean Oil, Palm Oil, Water, Buttermilk and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Parkay Soft margarine scores worse than most butter & cream we have scored. A higher-scoring option in butter & cream is Simple Truth Organic Half & Half Milk & Cream at 100/100.