Peanut butter

fernamber
fernamber Posts: 16
in Food and Nutrition
I live in the uk and can only seem to find natural peanut butter in holland and barratt. I saw some in morrisons called 'whole earth' it has palm oil in... does this mean it's not natural/bad for my diet. The holland and barratt one is 100% peanuts so it's definitely natural.
Here's a link to it on tescos, it has ingredients and everything listed:
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=263013605

Thanks xxx

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  • gogogulliver
    gogogulliver Posts: 23 Member
    Palm oil is not bad in moderation, really. However, it is often produced very, very, very unethically by bulldozing rainforests and turning them into palm farm. The H&B one is pretty nice, anyway.

    It differs by company, though, and where they buy their palm oil from.
  • rcthale
    rcthale Posts: 141
    The only real benefit to palm oil is that it's not trans-fat. It's one of the few natural plant fats that stays solid at room temperature. If you need the convenience of no mixing, then it's not bad.

    Still, why not go with the peanut butter that has actual peanut oil in it? You have to mix, but it's a slightly better fat.

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