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The best butters in UK supermarkets, ranked
We ranked 282 butters sold in UK supermarkets using the nutrition panel and ingredients printed on each pack. Of these, 14% are ultra-processed (NOVA group 4), 28% get a red traffic light for salt and 98% get a red traffic light for saturated fat. The typical one has 0.6g protein, 0.6g sugar and 1.2g salt per 100g.
Jump to: Lowest saturated fat · Lowest salt · Lowest calories · Fewest additives
The short answer
- Lowest saturated fat: I Can'T Believe It's Not Butter Butter (5.4g per 100g)
- Lowest salt: Flora plant butter (0g per 100g)
- Lowest calories: Upfield I can't believe it's not butter! (346 kcal per 100g)
- Fewest additives: Aldi British unsalted butter (0)
Want a different "best"? Open the full aisle to rank by anything and leave out allergens, palm oil, seed oils, sweeteners or ultra-processed products.
Lowest saturated fat butters
Ranked by saturates per 100g out of 228 butters with complete labels. At most two per brand.
| # | Product | Saturates per 100g | Nutri-Score | Traffic lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ButterI Can'T Believe It's Not Butter | 5.4g | C | |
| 2 | Light I can't believe it's not Butter!Flora | 5.6g | C | |
| 3 | Carshew butterMcEnnedy · 340g | 7g | D | |
| 4 | ButterTesco · 500g | 7.1g | C | |
| 5 | Cashew ButterMaribel · 170 g | 9.1g | B | |
| 6 | Beautifully Buttery LightBeautifully Buttery | 10.9g | D | |
| 7 | I can't believe it's not butter!Upfield · 250g | 11g | D | |
| 8 | Utterly ButterlyButton | 11g | ||
| 9 | Beautifully ButteryKilkeel · 500g | 11g | D | |
| 10 | Beautifully ButteryGreenvale · 500g | 11g | D |
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Lowest salt butters
Ranked by salt per 100g out of 221 butters with complete labels. At most two per brand.
| # | Product | Salt per 100g | Nutri-Score | Traffic lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flora plant butterFlora · 200g | 0g | D | |
| 2 | Marquis 80%MG DouxMarquis · 200 g | 0g | E | |
| 3 | Britanny butterMorrisons · 250g | 0g | E | |
| 4 | Unsalted ButterAnchor · 250g | 0g | E | |
| 5 | British Unsalted Creamery ButterThe co-operative · 250 g | 0g | E | |
| 6 | British Butter UnsaltedMorrisons · 250g | 0g | E | |
| 7 | ButterAnchor · 200 g | 0g | E | |
| 8 | Unsalted British ButterMuller · 250 g | 0g | E | |
| 9 | Unsalted ButterMorning fresh · 250g | 0g | E | |
| 10 | Unsalted butterCowbelle · 250 g | 0g | E |
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Lowest calories butters
Ranked by calories per 100g out of 227 butters with complete labels. At most two per brand.
| # | Product | Calories per 100g | Nutri-Score | Traffic lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I can't believe it's not butter!Upfield · 250g | 346 kcal | D | |
| 2 | Beautifully Buttery LightBeautifully Buttery | 355 kcal | D | |
| 3 | Lighter ButterM&S | 370 kcal | E | |
| 4 | Lightest spreadableLurpak · 500g | 376 kcal | D | |
| 5 | Beautifully ButteryAldi · 500g | 379 kcal | C | |
| 6 | Utterly ButterlyButton | 410 kcal | ||
| 7 | Beautifully ButteryKilkeel · 500g | 442 kcal | D | |
| 8 | Kerrymaid SpreadKerry maid · 500g | 445 kcal | D | |
| 9 | Beautifully ButteryGreenvale · 500g | 449 kcal | D | |
| 10 | Nordpack Lighter ButterNordpack | 515 kcal |
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Fewest additives butters
Ranked by additives out of 188 butters with complete labels. At most two per brand.
| # | Product | Additives | Nutri-Score | Traffic lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | British unsalted butterAldi · 250 g | 0 | C | |
| 2 | Nordpack Lighter ButterNordpack | 0 | ||
| 3 | Danpak Spreadable LighterLidl · 500 g | 0 | D | |
| 4 | Lupark Spreadable LighterLurpak · 750 g | 0 | D | |
| 5 | Spreadable Lighter Slightly SaltedLurpak · 200g | 0 | D | |
| 6 | Slightly salted spreadable reduced fat butterAsda · 500 g | 0 | D | |
| 7 | Reduced Fat Butterpak SpreadableTesco · 500 g | 0 | D | |
| 8 | Spreadable Reduced FatMorrisons | 0 | D | |
| 9 | Slightly Salted SpreadableCo-op · 500g | 0 | D | |
| 10 | Le Beurre Tartine Et Cuisine Doux 60% MGElle & Vire · 200 g | 0 | E |
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How these rankings work
Every figure is per 100g, taken from the label as recorded in Open Food Facts, the open food database built by volunteers. Products whose numbers don't add up (for example, energy that doesn't match the fat, carbs and protein) are left out of these tables but still appear in the full aisle. Traffic lights follow the UK front-of-pack thresholds for fat, saturates, sugar and salt. Nutri-Score runs from A (best) to E. Brands can't pay to appear here. Spot a mistake? Fix it at the source on Open Food Facts and it reaches Shelf Check at the next refresh.