Slightly salted butter

Name: Slightly salted butter
Brand: Sainsbury's

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Common questions

Is Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter healthy?

Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter scores 100/100 on Tallow — our clean 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.

What is in Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter?

Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter lists 2 ingredients, starting with Butter and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter?

Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter is NOVA group 2: processed culinary ingredients. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter compare to other butter & cream?

At 100/100 Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter sits in our top band, among the better butter & cream we have scored.

Is Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter organic?

Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter is not certified organic in our data.

Has Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Sainsbury's Slightly salted butter, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.