Shedd's Buttermatch Whipped Vegetable Oil Spread — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Shedd's Buttermatch Whipped Vegetable Oil Spread by Lipton DUMP — score 17/90.

A lab-built butter imitation: refined soybean and palm oils whipped together with emulsifiers, artificial flavor, and beta-carotene dye to fake the look and taste of butter.

Why this verdict

• Refined soybean, palm, and palm kernel oils are the entire base — industrial fats, not food
• Mono- and diglycerides plus soy lecithin: stacked emulsifiers that mark it as ultra-processed
• Artificial flavors and beta-carotene dye exist only to fake butter it isn't
• Potassium sorbate preservative — this is a chemistry-built spread, NOVA group 4

Ingredients (12)

• Vegetable oil blend (soybean, palm, palm kernel) (moderate) — Refined oils; palm and palm kernel are high in saturated fat and heavily processed.
• Water (safe) — Used as a basic ingredient in bread.
• BUTTERMILK (safe) — Dried dairy for flavor.
• Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.
• Butter (cream, salt) (safe) — Real dairy butter, not shortening — clean fat source.
• Vegetable mono and diglycerides (moderate) — Emulsifier that holds the reconstituted texture together; can hide trans fats.
• Natural and Artificial Flavors (caution) — Undisclosed lab flavoring - the artificial half signals engineering.
• Soy Lecithin (safe) — Common emulsifier, generally benign in these amounts.
• Potassium Sorbate (moderate) — Preservative for shelf life.
• citric acid (safe) — Acidity and tartness adjuster.
• Vitamin A palmitate (safe) — Standard fortification to replace vitamin A lost when fat is removed. A nutrient, not an additive of concern.
• beta carotene color (safe) — Natural orange-yellow color.