No — Pure Irish Butter Salted is not ultra-processed.
The product contains only butter (milk) and salt as functional ingredients. These are minimally processed/basic culinary ingredients with no industrial additives, refined syrups, emulsifiers, flavourings, or other ultra-processed components, so it is not classified as ultra-processed according to NOVA.
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Not UPF
Salted Dairy Butter
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Not UPF
Softest
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Not UPF
Meadow Flower buttermilk
Greenvale
UPF
Salted Butter
Cowbelle
Not UPF
Lighter buttersoft spread
By sainsbury's, Sainsburys
Not UPF
Soured cream and chive dip
Tesco
UPF
Tartinable Smeerbaar
PRÉSIDENT
Not UPF
Caramel
Nestlé, Conditorei Coppenrath & Wiese
Not UPF
Lighter
Not UPF
No — Pure Irish Butter Salted by Kerrygold is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). The product contains only butter (milk) and salt as functional ingredients. These are minimally processed/basic culinary ingredients with no industrial additives, refined syrups, emulsifiers, flavourings, or other ultra-processed components, so it is not classified as ultra-processed according to NOVA.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.