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The best margarines and spreads in UK supermarkets, ranked

We ranked 133 margarines and spreads sold in UK supermarkets using the nutrition panel and ingredients printed on each pack. Of these, 82% are ultra-processed (NOVA group 4), 99% get a red traffic light for saturated fat and 66% list palm oil. The typical one has 0.5g protein, 0.5g sugar and 1.2g salt per 100g.

133margarines and spreads compared

82%ultra-processed

100%red for fat

0.5gtypical protein per 100g

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Jump to: Lowest saturated fat · Lowest salt · Lowest calories · Fewest additives

The short answer

Lowest saturated fat: Benecol Light (5g per 100g)
Lowest salt: Suma Organic Vegan Sunflower Spread (0g per 100g)
Lowest calories: Violife Viospread (230 kcal per 100g)
Fewest additives: Co Op Buttery (0)

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Lowest saturated fat margarines and spreads

Ranked by saturates per 100g out of 120 margarines and spreads with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Saturates per 100g	Nutri-Score
1	LightBenecol · 500g	5g	D
2	Flora Lighterupfield · 500g	5.6g	C
3	LighterFlora	5.6g	C
4	Light I can't believe it's not Butter!Flora	5.6g	C
5	Cuire & rôtirFruit d'Or · 500 g	7.4g	C
6	Proactiv LightProActiv · 450g	7.6g	D
7	Bertolli lightBertolli · 450 g	8.6g	C
8	Soft spreadTesco Stockwell & Co.	8.9g	C
9	ButteryLidl · 500 g	9g	C
10	Bertolli light spreadBertolli · 500g	9.2g	C

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Lowest salt margarines and spreads

Ranked by salt per 100g out of 117 margarines and spreads with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Salt per 100g	Nutri-Score
1	Organic Vegan Sunflower SpreadSuma · 500g	0g	C
2	Flora plant butterFlora · 200g	0g	D
3	Marquis 80%MG DouxMarquis · 200 g	0g	E
4	BionaBiona Organic	0g	D
5	Butter Me Up SpreadTesco · 500g	0g	C
6	63% fat spread with buttermilkClover · 1 kg	0g	D
7	Tartinable SmeerbaarPrésident	0.03g	E
8	Beautifully ButteryAldi · 500g	0.14g	C
9	Cuire & rôtirFruit d'Or · 500 g	0.2g	C
10	Dairy Free Sunflower SpreadBell’s Healthcare · 500g	0.75g	C

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Lowest calories margarines and spreads

Ranked by calories per 100g out of 122 margarines and spreads with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Calories per 100g	Nutri-Score
1	ViospreadViolife · 200 g	230 kcal	E
2	Flora Natural Ingredients LighterFlora · 450g	250 kcal	C
3	Flora LighterFlora · 250 grams	251 kcal	C
4	Flora Lighterupfield · 500g	251 kcal	C
5	Proactiv LightProActiv · 450g	314 kcal	D
6	ProActiv Olive Oil SpreadProActiv · 450 g	314 kcal	D
7	Cuire & rôtirFruit d'Or · 500 g	315 kcal	C
8	LightBenecol · 500g	330 kcal	D
9	Bertolli lightBertolli · 450 g	346 kcal	C
10	Light SpreadKilkeel (Aldi) · 500g	346 kcal	D

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Fewest additives margarines and spreads

Ranked by additives out of 112 margarines and spreads with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Nutri-Score
1	Co Op ButteryCo Op · 500 g	D
2	Dairy Free Sunflower SpreadBell’s Healthcare · 500g	C
3	Spreadable Nordpak LighterNordpak	D
4	Spreadable butterMorrisons	D
5	Buttery Taste Dairy FreePure · 500g	D
6	Butter with Vegetable Oil Blended Spread 66%Country Life · 750 g	E
7	Tartinable SmeerbaarPrésident	E
8	Organic Vegan BlockNaturli' · 200g	E
9	Naturli' Organic Vegan SpreadableNaturli · 225 g	D
10	SoftestLurpak · 400 g	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.