Butter

30 products ranked by Scout score

Best butter right now

Raw Farm Raw Cultured Unsalted Butter 100/100
Scout's analysis: Raw Farm Raw Cultured Unsalted Butter scores a perfect 100/100, featuring beneficial heavy raw cream and cultures, while containing no harmful substances. This product…
Raw Farm Raw Butter 100/100
Scout's analysis: Raw Farm Raw Butter scores 100/100. Two ingredients — raw cream from grass-grazed cows and sea salt. Unpasteurized, retaining all natural enzymes and fat-soluble…
Zeal Creamery Organic Grass-Fed Unsalted Butter 97/100
Scout's analysis: Zeal Creamery Organic Grass-Fed Unsalted Butter scores an impressive 97/100, highlighting its high-quality ingredient of pasteurized milk, which is beneficial for…

What to skip

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Original Spray 2/100
Scout's analysis: I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Original Spray scores 2/100. A '40% vegetable oil spray' — not butter at all. The primary fat is soybean oil, a highly inflammatory…
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Original 4/100
Scout's analysis: I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Original scores 4/100. A '45% vegetable oil spread' — not butter at all. The first ingredient is water, followed by three seed/refined…
Pasteurized Soft Blend SULA Spread 40/100
Scout's analysis: This product is heavily processed, containing multiple synthetic additives such as sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, which are used as preservatives. The presence…

Ingredients to watch in butter

The flagged ingredients that show up most often across these 30 products. Each link opens Scout's analysis of the ingredient.

Potassium sorbate in 2 of 30
Soybean Oil in 2 of 30
Soy Lecithin in 2 of 30

What the better butter have in common

Cream in 4 of 30
Sea Salt in 3 of 30
Clarified butter in 3 of 30
Beta Carotene in 3 of 30
Cultures in 2 of 30

Common questions about butter

What scores highest in butter on Scout?

Raw Farm Raw Cultured Unsalted Butter leads Scout's butter ranking at 100/100, followed by Raw Farm Raw Butter (100) and Zeal Creamery Organic Grass-Fed Unsalted Butter (97). Scores compare products within the category on ingredients, processing, packaging and any lab results.

What should I avoid in butter?

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Original Spray scores 2/100, the lowest of the 30 products Scout has analyzed in butter; next lowest are I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Original (4) and Pasteurized Soft Blend SULA Spread (40). Each product page lists the ingredients behind the number.

What drags scores down in butter?

Across these 30 products the most common flagged ingredients are Potassium sorbate, Soybean Oil, Soy Lecithin. Each appears in at least two of the products ranked here.

How does Scout score butter?

Every product in butter gets one 1–100 score for comparison within its category: the full ingredient list judged by a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. Lab results are disclosed, not scored. Scout takes no payment for scores or placement.

How Scout scores butter

One 1–100 score per product, judged within its category: every ingredient on the label through a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. No brand pays for a score or a position on this list. Read the full methodology →