Olive Oil Spread

How it scored 55 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 20 listed

• 1 Vegetable Oil Blend
  An umbrella label for a blend of two or more refined plant-derived oils (commonly soybean, canola, palm, sunflower, corn, cottonseed). Speci…
  Low
• 2 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 3 Buttermilk
  Cultured buttermilk is fermented dairy from low-fat milk inoculated with lactic-acid bacteria.
  Low
• 4 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 5 Mono- And Diglycerides Of Vegetable Fatty Acids
  Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (E471), emulsifiers derived from glycerol and fatty acids of plant or animal origin.
  Moderate
• 6 Soya Lecithin
  A naturally occurring mixture of phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol) extracted from soybean …
  Low
• 7 Natural And Artificial Flavouring
  A blanket label for proprietary flavor mixtures combining naturally derived flavor constituents (essential oils, extracts, distillates) with…
  Low
• 8 Potassium Sorbate
  Potassium salt of sorbic acid, a short-chain unsaturated fatty acid.
  Low
• 9 Lactic Acid
  Organic acid (E270) naturally produced by lactic acid bacteria during fermentation; also produced industrially.
  Low
• 10 Dl-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
  Synthetic vitamin E (all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate), an esterified, racemic form of alpha-tocopherol.
  Low
• 11 Retinyl Palmitate
  Ester of retinol (vitamin A) and palmitic acid; preformed vitamin A.
  Low
• 12 Beta-Carotene
  Beta-carotene, an orange-yellow carotenoid pigment that is a vitamin A precursor, sourced from plants (carrots, palm fruit, algae) or made s…
  Low
• 13 Cholecalciferol
  Vitamin D3, the form of vitamin D synthesized in skin from UVB exposure or obtained from animal sources.
  Low
• 14 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 15 Canola Oil
  Edible oil pressed from low-erucic-acid varieties of Brassica napus or B. campestris (rapeseed). Refined, bleached, deodorized, and standard…
  Low
• 16 Palm Oil
  Edible oil extracted from the mesocarp of the fruit of Elaeis guineensis (oil palm). Semi-solid at room temperature; ~50% saturated fat (mos…
  Moderate
• 17 Olive Oil
  Oil pressed from olives (Olea europaea).
  Safe
• 18 Preservative
  Generic umbrella term for unspecified preservative additive(s).
  Low
• 19 Vitamin E
  Fat-soluble vitamin (alpha-tocopherol and related tocopherols/tocotrienols); essential nutrient and antioxidant.
  Low
• 20 Colour
  Generic ingredient term covering any of dozens of permitted colour additives — synthetic dyes (e.g. tartrazine E102, allura red E129, brilli…
  Low