Peanut butter - fridge or pantry?

MiltonAFC
MiltonAFC Posts: 121 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Pretty straight forward question. How do you guys store your peanut butter, in the fridge or the pantry?

I use Skippys and Peanut butter and Company, I keep them in the fridge.

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    If it's natural, I keep it in the fridge. If not-cupboard.

    Unfortunately I can't really keep it in either though because I'm a PB beast.
  • CoffeeNBooze
    CoffeeNBooze Posts: 966 Member
    Always kept it in the pantry. Fridge leaves it hard as a rock and unspreadable (smuckers) though I think other brands would be different. Either way, I don't want cold pb.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    On the shelf. Cold PB is nasty.
  • BigLifter10
    BigLifter10 Posts: 1,153 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    If it's natural, I keep it in the fridge. If not-cupboard.

    Unfortunately I can't really keep it in either though because I'm a PB beast.


    This is me too - verbatim.
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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    BigLifter10 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    If it's natural, I keep it in the fridge. If not-cupboard.

    Unfortunately I can't really keep it in either though because I'm a PB beast.


    This is me too - verbatim.

    Word. I have to do PB2. I eat a jar a week. But that's a lot less calories than a jar of peanut butter per week.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    If it's natural, I keep it in the fridge. If not-cupboard.

    Came in to say that^^^^

    Got it covered
  • rachelbbrinker
    rachelbbrinker Posts: 4 Member
    I am a big fan of PB2!! To me it taste like fresh roasted peanuts and thats not even the best part the low calories too!!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    rachelbbrinker wrote: »
    I am a big fan of PB2!! To me it taste like fresh roasted peanuts and thats not even the best part the low calories too!!

    Yeah actually I like that about it too.
  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
    I store it in the pantry. I use natural pb and it's hard to scoop when cold.
  • lauraesh0384
    lauraesh0384 Posts: 463 Member
    I keep it in my cupboard. I use Skippy No Stir Natural Peanut Butter. I like my peanut butter creamy and not hard, so it stays out at room temperature.
  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    On the shelf. Not the refrigerator.
  • Lemonshake
    Lemonshake Posts: 223 Member
    im normally if its screw top generally belongs in fridge but with peanut butter too hard to deal with and then i get all ad about my cheap bent spoons....... opps totally meant knifes
  • Susieq_1994
    Susieq_1994 Posts: 5,361 Member
    In the cupboards... Otherwise it isn't creamy or spreadable and the bread breaks... I hate it when my bread breaks. :'(
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
    I grind my own raw peanuts...so in the fridge it goes. It would become rancid if I left it out room temp. And if I want it soft & smushy, I zap a li'l bit in the micro.
  • Hollywood_Porky
    Hollywood_Porky Posts: 491 Member
    If you use an all-natural peanut butter (no fillers) and you eat it within a month, there's no sense in placing into the fridge. The oils can't go rancid that fast - I've had all-natural peanut butter out for 3 months and never had a problem. Peanut butter is always best served room temp.
  • MK24551
    MK24551 Posts: 174 Member
    In the cabinet, always have stored it that way.
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  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I keep it at room temperature.
  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    On my nightstand. Next to the plastic spoons.
  • Jaxxie1181
    Jaxxie1181 Posts: 138 Member
    I keep it in the pantry, otherwise I can't spread it.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    Pantry. It's impossible to spread cold pb.
  • charlotteX92X
    charlotteX92X Posts: 344 Member
    In the cupboard :) it must be spreadable at all times
  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    edited May 2015
    If it's all natural, well stirred first, then in the fridge. Store in the fridge not to avoid it going rancid (doesn't last long enough here) but to avoid it separating out again, I'm a stir well-once person.

    If it's not all natural, in the garbage.
  • HotKanye
    HotKanye Posts: 103 Member
    I wouldn't use peanut butter that didn't need to be refrigerated. It generally means it's been made shelf stable by hydrogenated oils which yech. No thanks. Peanut butter should have at MOST two ingredients and it should live in the fridge.
  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    Skippy "natural" isn't as natural as it could be, if the definition is "contains only peanuts" and maybe salt.
    Skippy No-Stir "Natural":
Serving Size: 32g
Amount per serving
Calories 190
Total Fat 16g
Saturated Fat 3.5g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 150mg
Carbohydrates 6g
Fiber 2g
Sugar 3g
Protein 7g
Ingredients: Roasted Peanuts, Sugar, Palm Oil, Salt.

    Palm Oil? Why would I want something like that in my PB? Some national health authorities specifically recommend against consuming palm oil or viewing palm oil as a replacement for the transfats companies like Hormel were so used to incorporating in their foods.

    PB doesn't need additives. I don't like supporting makers who still sell crappy PB to the unsuspecting, but sometimes I gotta buy what's on the shelf rather than make a special trip to the local store that makes their own with nothing but peanuts.

    Fortunately there are choices. Just a few:

    Teddy has all natural and unsalted versions:
    nutrition-chart.jpg

    Kraft (Canada) All Natural ingredients: 100% peanuts. No salt.

    Santa Cruz - hey, they offer "dark roasted" versions of their organic PB. Nice. Ingredients: Peanuts, salt.

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