Smart Balance Butter Spread Light with Flaxseed Oil

Breakdown

7 ingredients to avoid

Smart Balance Butter Spread Light with Flaxseed Oil 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.

Smart Balance Butter Spread Light with Flaxseed Oil lists 18 ingredients, starting with Water, Palm Fruit Oil, Soybean Oil, Flax Seed Oil and Canola Oil. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Smart Balance Butter Spread Light with Flaxseed Oil scores worse than most plant-based milks we have scored. A higher-scoring option in plant-based milks is Silk Unsweet Soy Milk at 29/100.