Imperial Vegetable Oil Spread — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates Imperial Vegetable Oil Spread by Imperial ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

A lab-built butter imitation: water and refined oils whipped together with emulsifiers and artificial flavor to mimic real butter. Designed for taste and texture, not nutrition.

Why this verdict

• Refined oil blend (soybean + palm kernel + palm) is the core, with palm kernel being a heavily saturated tropical fat
• Mono and diglycerides plus soy lecithin are stacked emulsifiers that flag a lab-built formula
• Contains artificial flavor and beta carotene color to fake the look and taste of butter
• NOVA 4 ultra-processed butter imitation built for texture, not nutrition

Ingredients (10)

• Purified water (safe) — Inert filler and base for the emulsion.
• Soybean Oil (moderate) — Refined high-omega-6 seed oil used to fake creaminess
• palm kernel and palm oil (moderate) — Tropical oils added for solid texture; raise the saturated fat and carry sustainability baggage.
• Salt (moderate) — Ready meals tend to run salt-heavy; watch the sodium.
• Lecithin (Soy) (moderate) — Emulsifier that helps oil and water blend; common processing aid.
• Mono and Diglycerides (concerning) — Industrial emulsifier and a known hiding spot for trace trans fats not declared on the label.
• vinegar (safe) — Acid for tang and preservation; benign.
• Natural and Artificial Flavor (moderate) — Undisclosed lab-made flavor blend; not harmful but a marker of an engineered product.
• Vitamin A palmitate (safe) — Added vitamin A.
• beta carotene color (moderate) — Added purely to dye the spread butter-yellow; cosmetic, not nutritional.