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Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread

Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread

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Ingredients · 6

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Is Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread healthy?

Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread scores 84/100 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 Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread?

Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread lists 6 ingredients, starting with Water, Sea Salt, Sunflower Lecithin Powder Non-gmo, Organic Natural Flavor and Mixed Tocopherols. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread’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 Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread?

Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread compare to other dairy-alternative butter & cream?

At 84/100 Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread sits in our top band, among the better dairy-alternative butter & cream we have scored. A higher-scoring option in dairy-alternative butter & cream is Forager Project Organic Cinnamon Vanilla Creamer at 100/100.

Is Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread organic?

Yes. Trader Joe's Organic Buttery Plant-Based Spread carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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