Unsalted Butter Quarters

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 ingredient to avoid

Trader Joe's Unsalted Butter Quarters scores 80/100 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. Per serving it carries 0g protein. 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.

Trader Joe's Unsalted Butter Quarters lists 2 ingredients, starting with Cream and Natural Flavors. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

14 kcal per serving, or 100 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Trader Joe's Unsalted Butter Quarters on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 80/100 Trader Joe's Unsalted Butter Quarters sits in our top band, among the better butter & cream we have scored. A higher-scoring option in butter & cream is Organic Valley Organic Grassmilk Half & Half at 100/100.