all natural peanut butter??

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  • shellyt1
    shellyt1 Posts: 119
    I have started adding it to my fat free greek yougurt!
  • mrsdizzyd84
    mrsdizzyd84 Posts: 422 Member
    I also buy the fresh ground stuff at my supermarket. I buy the plain and the honey roasted though the honey roasted is by far my favorite. If I have the plain I usually use it with a drizzle of honey. I like sweet peanut butter.

    I much prefer the fresh ground to the jarred stuff. It wasn't an acquired taste to me. I loved it the first time I tried it.
  • midwifekelley2350
    midwifekelley2350 Posts: 337 Member
    I have started adding it to my fat free greek yougurt!

    this sounds wonderful!
  • mjhelton
    mjhelton Posts: 33 Member
    I recently found a product called pb2 (powdered peanut butter). Yes, it has salt and sugar, otherwise the first ingredient are roasted peanuts. I was surprised by how good it tasted. I had given up peanut butter entirely and it had been at least 6-8+ months since I last had any, in fact I found a jar of it in my cabinet that had expired so if that gives you any idea of how long I had gone with it.

    pb2:
    serving size: 2 Tbsp
    calories per serving: 45 (fat cal 13)

    the sodium only comes to 94mg (4% daily value) and the sugar is only 1g.

    I think it's a fair trade to be able to enjoy peanut butter again.

    I tried many other brands, organic, low fat, non fat, sugar free (tasted awful) etc. and every jar still had sugar (way more than the 1g in the pb2) and they were all still at least 180+ calories a serving, usually 1-2 tbsp.


    I totally agree! I LOVE this stuff. As a matter of fact I just had a PB and Jelly sandwich for lunch yesterday with the PB2 and it ROCKS....
  • OnceAndFutureAthlete
    OnceAndFutureAthlete Posts: 192 Member
    Smuckers Natural Creamy fan here!
    Ingredients: Peanuts and Salt.

    When first switching from the major brands, it can taste kind of bland, but, like mentioned above, now if I try Jiff or Skippy, they just taste fake and gross.

    Some other "naturals" still have sugar or other oils added, so check.
    I tried some of the just peanuts ones and missed the salt, and since sodium is not a major issue for me, I went back to Smuckers. I let it sit when I first buy a jar and then pour the oil off - just once. It still stays nice and creamy and keeps for a LONG time, just saving about 1/4 - 1/3 cup of oil per jar. That can't be a bad thing.

    And 1T on celery makes a nice snack - amazing how far 1T can go, taste-wise.
  • bpurc22
    bpurc22 Posts: 180 Member
    I started buying Smucker's when I saw it won a taste test in Shape one year. I noticed some of the other "natural" peanut butters had added sugars and other ingredients, and I couldn't figure out why they were calling it natural (I'm talking about brands like Jif and Skippy, not health food store brands).

    The requirements for companies to put "Natural" on a product are very loose
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