Safe

Spreadable Butter

by Smart Balance

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0033776017996 · Smart Balance. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0033776017996 · Serving size 14.000000000000002g

The verdict

Spreadable Butter by Smart Balance scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 8 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 8-component label led by Butter, Sweet Cream, Salt; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 8 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

Processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

76017996 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Spreadable Butter label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 8 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 74% LEAD-FLAG Salt PHOTO-FINISH Nonfat Buttery Spread · ±0 BOOK-OFF …017996 · July 2026

2 of 8 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Salt). Source sheet 76017996 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Nonfat Buttery Spread · Nearest score peer is Nonfat Buttery Spread at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Spreadable Butter: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Spreadable Butter100/1002. Nonfat Buttery Spread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Nonfat Buttery Spread100/1003. Butter and canola oil blend: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Butter and canola oil ble…100/1004. Purely better buttery spread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Purely better buttery spr…100/1005. Smart Balance, Buttery Burst Spray: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Smart Balance, Buttery Bu…100/100
High-band neighbours for Spreadable Butter (100/100) outside Smart Balance.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Spreadable Butter
100/100
Nonfat Buttery Spread
100/100
Butter and canola oil blend
100/100
Purely better buttery spread
100/100
Smart Balance, Buttery Burst Spray
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Spreadable Butter lists 8 ingredients on its label

8 26th percentile a longer ingredient list than 26% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). This entry sits in this band. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Above this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 8 (26th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Full Ingredient List

BUTTER (SWEET CREAM, SALT), CANOLA OIL*, WATER*, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL*, FISH OIL*, AND SALT.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Spreadable Butter

Neighbours outside Smart Balance with screening scores in the same high band as Spreadable Butter (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Smart Balance; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Salt is the first flagged ingredient selected from Spreadable Butter's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 8-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Salt. Open Salt
  • Compare Spreadable Butter's 0 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0033776017996: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.