Margarine - Crystal - 1.7kg
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Barcode: 0068445000177 (EAN / EAN-13) 068445000177 (UPC / UPC-A)
Quantity: 1.7kg
Packaging: Plastic
Brands: Crystal
Categories: Plant-based foods and beverages, Plant-based foods, Fats, Spreads, Plant-based spreads, Salted spreads, Spreadable fats, Vegetable fats, Margarines
Labels, certifications, awards: No gluten, Vegetarian, Kosher, No artificial flavors, Vegan, Kosher-parve, No lactose, fr:Vege cert
Origin of ingredients: Canada
Stores: Costco
Countries where sold: Canada
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Health
Ingredients
Food processing
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Ultra processed foods
Elements that indicate the product is in the 4 - Ultra processed food and drink products group:
- Additive: E160b - Annatto
- Additive: E322 - Lecithins
- Ingredient: Dextrose
- Ingredient: Flavouring
- Ingredient: Glucose
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:
- Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
- Processed culinary ingredients
- Processed foods
- Ultra processed foods
The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.
Additives
Ingredients analysis
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Palm oil
Ingredients that contain palm oil: Palm oil
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Vegan
No non-vegan ingredients
Unrecognized ingredients: fr:huiles-de-de-palmiste-modifiees, fr:palmitate-de-vitamine-aSome ingredients could not be recognized.
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Vegetarian
No non-vegetarian ingredients detected
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Details of the analysis of the ingredients
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fr: HUILE DE CANOLA, EAU, HUILES de PALME, HUILES de DE PALMISTE MODIFIÉES, SEL, DEXTROSE, MONOGLÝCÉRIDES, LÉCITHINE DE SOYA, SORBATE DE POTASSIUM, AROME NATUREL, ROCOU, CURCUMA, PALMITATE DE VITAMINE A, VITAMINE D2- HUILE DE CANOLA -> en:canola-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: no - percent_min: 7.14285714285714 - percent_max: 100
- EAU -> en:water - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 18066 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50
- HUILES de PALME -> en:palm-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: yes - ciqual_food_code: 16129 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 33.3333333333333
- HUILES de DE PALMISTE MODIFIÉES -> fr:huiles-de-de-palmiste-modifiees - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 25
- SEL -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11058 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.375
- DEXTROSE -> en:dextrose - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.375
- MONOGLÝCÉRIDES -> fr:monoglycerides - labels: en:vegan - vegan: en:yes - vegetarian: en:yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.375
- LÉCITHINE DE SOYA -> en:soya-lecithin - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 42200 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.375
- SORBATE DE POTASSIUM -> en:e202 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.375
- AROME NATUREL -> en:natural-flavouring - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.375
- ROCOU -> en:e160b - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.375
- CURCUMA -> en:turmeric - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 11089 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.375
- PALMITATE DE VITAMINE A -> fr:palmitate-de-vitamine-a - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.375
- VITAMINE D2 -> en:ergocalciferol - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.375
Nutrition
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Poor nutritional quality
⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fiber is not specified, their possible positive contribution to the grade could not be taken into account.⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 53This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.
The product is in the fats category, the points for saturated fat are replaced by the points for the saturated fat / fat ratio.
Positive points: 1
- Proteins: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
- Fiber: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
- Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 1 / 5 (value: 53.5714285714286, rounded value: 53.6)
Negative points: 15
- Energy: 8 / 10 (value: 2929, rounded value: 2929)
- Sugars: 0 / 10 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
- Saturated fat / fat ratio: 1 / 10 (value: 12.5, rounded value: 12.5)
- Sodium: 6 / 10 (value: 550, rounded value: 550)
The points for proteins are not counted because the negative points are greater or equal to 11.
Nutritional score: (15 - 1)
Nutri-Score:
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Nutrient levels
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Fat in high quantity (80%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat- Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
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Saturated fat in high quantity (10%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat- Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
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Sugars in low quantity (0%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks- Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).
- Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.
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Salt in moderate quantity (1.38%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
- Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
- Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food- Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
- Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.
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Environment
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Eco-Score C - Moderate environmental impact
⚠ ️The full impact of transportation to your country is currently unknown.The Eco-Score is an experimental score that summarizes the environmental impacts of food products.→ The Eco-Score was initially developped for France and it is being extended to other European countries. The Eco-Score formula is subject to change as it is regularly improved to make it more precise and better suited to each country.Life cycle analysis
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Average impact of products of the same category: B (Score: 75/100)
Category: Vegetable fat (margarine type), spreadable, 50-63% fat, light, unsalted, rich in omega 3
Category: Vegetable fat (margarine type), spreadable, 50-63% fat, light, unsalted, rich in omega 3
- PEF environmental score: 0.31 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
- including impact on climate change: 2.11 kg CO2 eq/kg of product
Stage Impact 
Agriculture
72.7 %
Processing
9.4 %
Packaging
4.9 %
Transportation
9.1 %
Distribution
3.0 %
Consumption
0.8 %
Bonuses and maluses
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Origins of ingredients with a high impact
Malus:
Environmental policy: +2
Transportation: 0
Origin of the product and/or its ingredients % of ingredients Impact Canada 100 %Medium
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Ingredients that threatens species
Malus: -10
Contains palm oil
Tropical forests in Asia, Africa and Latin America are destroyed to create and expand oil palm tree plantations. The deforestation contributes to climate change, and it endangers species such as the orangutan, the pigmy elephant and the Sumatran rhino.
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Packaging with a medium impact
Malus: -10
Shape Material Recycling Impact Unknown Plastic High ⚠ ️ The information about the packaging of this product is not sufficiently precise (exact shapes and materials of all components of the packaging).⚠ ️ For a more precise calculation of the Eco-Score, you can modify the product page and add them.
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Eco-Score for this product
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Impact for this product: C (Score: 57/100)
Product: Margarine - Crystal - 1.7kg
Life cycle analysis score: 75
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -20
Final score: 57/100
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Carbon footprint
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Equal to driving 1.1 km in a petrol car
211 g CO² per 100g of product
The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Vegetable fat (margarine type), spreadable, 50-63% fat, light, unsalted, rich in omega 3 (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)
Stage Impact
Agriculture
64.1 %
Processing
10.0 %
Packaging
8.5 %
Transportation
15.3 %
Distribution
1.8 %
Consumption
0.3 %
Packaging
Transportation
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Origins of ingredients
Origins of ingredients with a high impact
Origin of the product and/or its ingredients % of ingredients Impact Canada 100 %Medium
Threatened species
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Contains palm oil
Drives deforestation and threatens species such as the orangutan
Tropical forests in Asia, Africa and Latin America are destroyed to create and expand oil palm tree plantations. The deforestation contributes to climate change, and it endangers species such as the orangutan, the pigmy elephant and the Sumatran rhino.
Data sources
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