Organic Sunflower Butter

Name: Organic Sunflower Butter
Brand: SunButter

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Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium953 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 191×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Arsenic9 ppbof 10 ppb

90% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

LeadNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Ingredients · 1

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Nutrition facts

Nutrient	Per 100g	Per serving
Calories	687.5 kcal	220 kcal
Fat	59.38 g	19 g
Saturated fat	6.25 g	2 g
Carbohydrates	12.5 g	4 g
Sugars	3.13 g	1 g
Fiber	9.4 g	3.01 g
Protein	25 g	8 g
Sodium	0.02 g	0.01 g

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Common questions

Is SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter healthy?

SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter scores 8/100 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. Per serving it carries 3g fiber, 8g protein and 1g sugar. 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 SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter?

SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter lists 1 ingredient, starting with Sunflower Seed. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

How many calories are in SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter?

220 kcal per serving, or 688 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in SunButter Organic Sunflower 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 SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter?

SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter is NOVA group 1: unprocessed or minimally processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter compare to other nut & seed butters?

At 8/100 SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter scores worse than most nut & seed butters we have scored. A higher-scoring option in nut & seed butters is Good & Gather Organic Stir Crunchy Peanut Butter at 100/100.

Is SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter organic?

Yes. SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Has SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected arsenic at 9 ppb against a 10 ppb limit and cadmium at 953 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter. It also tested for lead and mercury and found none above its detection limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

Full methodology: how we score products.