Which peanut butter is better for you?

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Grow your own, I do.

    https://www.almanac.com/content/how-grow-your-own-peanuts
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    Grow your own, I do.

    https://www.almanac.com/content/how-grow-your-own-peanuts

    wow! I thought I was doing great by making my own homemade pb (ha!)...this is some serious love of peanuts! Well done!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,673 Member
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    Grow your own, I do.

    https://www.almanac.com/content/how-grow-your-own-peanuts

    People think they only grow in the South, in the US. My dad grew plenty of nice ones, in Michigan. The rabbits loved them, though: Before he started putting frames with hardware cloth on top of them, the fuzzy bunnies would abscond with whole plants! Grow so interestingly, too, with the above-ground flowers generating below-ground nuts, via the peg. Weird!

    Kudos for growing them!
  • Roy1C
    Roy1C Posts: 75 Member
    Our local grocery (Publix) has peanut butter in the deli which is just ground peanuts only. No sugar or additives of any kind. If you can find it, it’s a much better option
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,311 Member
    Neither.

    Unlike every other person on MFP ( it seems to me) I do not like peanut butter and don't have any in my house and never eat it.

    * crawls into corner* :D
  • Phirrgus
    Phirrgus Posts: 1,894 Member
    edited June 2019
    paperpudding wrote: »
    Neither.

    Unlike every other person on MFP ( it seems to me) I do not like peanut butter and don't have any in my house and never eat it.

    * crawls into corner* :D

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    :D
  • firef1y72
    firef1y72 Posts: 1,579 Member
    As I'm assuming you're in the UK, I'd say that neither is better than the other, go for one that is 100% nut in whichever texture you prefer.
    I like the Meridian and Whole Earth brands, crunchy nut butters with apple slices, on rice cakes or in a satay sauce, smooth in smoothies and porridge (actually quite like crunchy in porridge too). I like to vary my nut butters too though, almond butter, cashew butter, hazelnut butter all have different flavours and textures.
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,282 Member
    Most peanut butter is right for me. Is that the right answer?
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    edited June 2019
    Whichever you prefer eating that you can fit into your calories. But, I can't see why it's an either/or. I have creamy, crunchy, natural, processed. Which one I choose is based on how I'm using it and my desire at the time.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,763 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    Neither.

    Unlike every other person on MFP ( it seems to me) I do not like peanut butter and don't have any in my house and never eat it.

    * crawls into corner* :D

    I like peanut butter (especially peanut butter flavored things) but I would pick sunflower seed butter wayyyyyy over it.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Smooth is better for making these:

    https://skinnyms.com/chocolate-peanut-butter-banana-cup-recipe/

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    http://screwedonstraight.net/keto-diet-peanut-butter-cup-fat-bombs/

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    https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012939-peanut-butter-blossoms

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    Chunky better for some savory dishes. Hope that helps!
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Crunchy is for adults with their own teeth.

    Smooth is for small children and old people with no teeth.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    sijomial wrote: »
    Crunchy is for adults with their own teeth.

    Smooth is for small children and old people with no teeth.

    Or people who don't want to chew their peanut butter. I am the same way with ice cream, I don't like any with crunchies in it.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Nutritionally speaking, the peanut butter that contains the least amount of sugar and other additives in it is the best for you.

    Then, all you are eating is peanuts that have been pulverized into a paste that you can smooth out w/olive or peanut oil so that you can actually spread it. You can make this yourself in a food processor or w/a mortar & pestle but few people care to go to that much trouble and frankly it really doesn't taste that good w/o the sugar, salt and other stuff that's "bad" for you in it.

    I snack on Skippy Creamy straight out of the jar. It's loaded w/sugar but I only eat 1-2 tbsp at a time only 1-2x/wk at most. So, it's just a guilty food pleasure for me.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    Jif Naturals crunchy--its my fave:)
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,887 Member
    edited June 2019
    glassyo wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    Neither.

    Unlike every other person on MFP ( it seems to me) I do not like peanut butter and don't have any in my house and never eat it.

    * crawls into corner* :D

    I like peanut butter (especially peanut butter flavored things) but I would pick sunflower seed butter wayyyyyy over it.

    Somewhat similar to me. I don't mind peanut butter (but only the peanut and salt only types, I grew up hating peanut butter and the plainer kinds were a revelation) and like a variety of foods with peanut butter in them (including ice creams), but I tend to like other nut butters better (love greek yogurt with nut butter) and adore tahini as an addition to some other foods. I've not tried straight sunflower seed butter (assuming non roasted?), but I am now going to.

    So anyway, as a of these preferences and my meh feeling about peanut butter plus it being as high cal as any alternative, I simply never buy or eat peanut butter on its own (I hate peanut butter sandwiches and peanut butter eaten plain from a spoon and think there are better options to put on celery, including nothing at all).

    I like all my nut butters smooth, so that is the correct answer to the OP's question.

    Heresy, I'm sure, but I suspect part of the peanut butter charm is a lot of people loved it as a kid so it's sentimental in addition to tasty. I dreaded it as a kid (except with chocolate), so now I'm like "it's fine."

    As an aside, I was on a plane earlier this evening, and was thinking about how I never buy or eat peanuts either (I buy other nuts), but on a plane, due to old-time associations, I want my peanuts! (We got pretzels, normally I wouldn't have bothered with them, but I wanted a salt fix for some reason.)
  • Sm3018
    Sm3018 Posts: 55 Member
    Ingredients that contain only peanuts
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    So not Nutter Butters. Yum
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,103 Member
    sgt1372 wrote: »
    Nutritionally speaking, the peanut butter that contains the least amount of sugar and other additives in it is the best for you.

    Then, all you are eating is peanuts that have been pulverized into a paste that you can smooth out w/olive or peanut oil so that you can actually spread it. You can make this yourself in a food processor or w/a mortar & pestle but few people care to go to that much trouble and frankly it really doesn't taste that good w/o the sugar, salt and other stuff that's "bad" for you in it.

    I snack on Skippy Creamy straight out of the jar. It's loaded w/sugar but I only eat 1-2 tbsp at a time only 1-2x/wk at most. So, it's just a guilty food pleasure for me.

    I have no problem spreading peanut that doesn't have additional olive or peanut oil. I usually save my nut-butter making for things I can't find in the store (e.g., smoked almond butter, pistachio butter), and buy Smuckers Natural (creamy) or some other brand of peanut butter that contains nothing but peanuts and salt. You do have to stir it when you first open it. I can't stand the taste of sweet peanut butter. To me, peanut butter is supposed to be a savory flavor.
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    Powdered peanut butter like PB2 has a lot less fat in it and tastes about 75% as good as normal peanut butter when mixed up to a paste with a little water. You may want to give it a try and swap out your regular PB for this every now and then if you’re looking to cut calories.
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