Clover Spread 500g — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates Clover Spread 500g by Clover ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

A lab-built butter substitute: refined vegetable oils (including palm) emulsified with a splash of buttermilk, water, salt, flavor and colour. It's a spreadable fat product engineered to mimic butter, not a whole food.

Why this verdict

• Refined vegetable oils (palm + rapeseed) are the #1 ingredient — this is a manufactured fat, not a whole food
• Water-in-oil emulsion with added colour to imitate butter = ultra-processed (NOVA-4)
• Palm oil pushes up the saturated fat despite the 'less than butter' spin
• Buttermilk is only ~20%; the 'made with buttermilk' story oversells a minor ingredient
• Very calorie-dense (nearly all fat) with essentially no fibre, protein or nutrition

Ingredients (6)

• Vegetable oils (Sustainable Palm, Rapeseed) (moderate) — Refined, industrially processed oils form the bulk of the spread. Palm is high in saturated fat; rapeseed is more heart-neutral. Either way this is a manufactured fat base, not a whole food.
• BUTTERMILK (safe) — Dried dairy for flavor.
• Water (safe) — Used as a basic ingredient in bread.
• Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.
• Natural flavour (moderate) — Undefined flavouring - a processing marker with no nutritional value.
• Colour: Carotenes (safe) — Plant-derived yellow pigment added purely to make the spread look like butter. Cosmetic, not nutritional, but harmless.