Comments on: Natural Peanut Butter

By: sara

sara — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:28:06 +0000

It is actually the sugar or corn syrup that keeps the peanut butter from sticking to your mouth. My college history professor talked alot on how foods have changed things,especially sugar and how capitalists would add sugar to everything just to keep people buying more and it acts as a food perservative–bread, crackers,chicken nuggets. You should check out Sweetness and Power by Sidney W. Mintz, you will be disgusted on what the sugar industry has done to mankind.

By: David

David — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:33:59 +0000

My fave is fresh-ground peanut butter made with skins-on peanuts – much richer in flavour.
If you have to buy non-fresh peanut butter that has separated out, my tip is to get the largest jar you can and use a drywall-mud mixer on a power drill to blend it together.

By: Jean Price

Jean Price — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:58:46 +0000

Like Jim, I too have used Real Peanut Butter exclusively for 30+ years. I began using it when my first child was ready for PB&J and could never find anything that compared. I was even known for carrying multiple jars home in my luggage when I traveled to areas that sold it! It was, indeed, a sad day when I realized it had been discontinued. I have found that Parkers All Natural Peanut Butter is the closest, but I cannot buy it where I live; I found it at Hy-Vee while visiting Iowa. I live in Texas, any ideas?

By: Kym

Kym — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:27:43 +0000

Reduced fat Peter Pan was equivalent to Custer’s Last Stand in my pantry…I shifted my entire diet over to more natural foods and the peanut butter I’ve eaten straight out of the jar for over 10 years was the the final food product to be replaced. Boy, that was a bitter shock to the taste buds, but with the help of honey, bananas, jam, and Marshmallow Fluff, I’ll get over it.

For those that live in the southeast US, Publix supermarkets grind their own peanut butter in their deli. I figured this was a good option since it’s made only with roasted peanuts and not mass produced. I keep hearing that the peanut butters with palm oil, salt, and molasses (like Jiff Natural) taste better, but I also am aware that palm oil production is devastating rainforests, so I couldn’t bring myself to try it. Maybe they’re getting their palm oil from more sustainable sources (likely not), but until I know for sure, I’m going to stick to the Publix brand.

By: Juli

Juli — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:48:48 +0000

I’ve stumbled across an organic PB that uses palm fruit oil. It seems to retain its smoothness, and they say it’s healthier than regular palm oil.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:00:17 +0000

I have been using Real Brand Peanut Butter for literally 30+ years. It was far superior to any other I tried. I last obtained some in December 2008 while visiting Chicago. When I tried two weeks ago, it was gone from all the stores that used to have it.

Now what?

By: daniel

daniel — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:49:07 +0000

if you are worried about health, the healthiest oil you should add are linseed oil or cannabis hemp oil, hemp being the better variety of health oil but more expensive. maybe try using honey to sweeten it, that should be healthy enough for you but still sweetening. or natural cane sugar but not too much? dont use splenda or white sugar… chemicals=cancer.

By: Lainie Marie

Lainie Marie — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:20:09 +0000

I used to love Simply Jif, but since eating natural peanut butters in recent years, I found the Simply Jif very unpleasant. I also tried the Smart Ones peanut butter and found the texture and aftertaste awful. It’s unfortunate, since is has a lot of good ingredients.

My PB of choice these days is Trader Joe’s Organic Peanut Butter made with Valencia peanuts. Like all naturals, it requires work to mix it up, but it’s very tasty, low in sodium and relatively inexpensive.

Now if I can find a less messy way of mixing it up. Am contemplating getting one of the Witmer mixers listed above.

By: Don Graham

Don Graham — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:57:56 +0000

I would like to see Smuckers come out with a statement as to how they make sure there is no Salmonella in their peanut butter. I eat about one jar a week of the crunchy natural product and it is great.

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:42:40 +0000

I found this thread while searching for information on the disappearance of Real Brand Peanut Butter from my local stores…

I’m in Minneapolis, and through the end of 2008, I was still able to find it at The Wedge, a local co-op. It had long since left the shelves of Rainbow Foods, though. Now, it seems like the Brand is really gone.

Real Brand has been my choice for probably a decade, maybe more. I’m very sad to see it go. I wish it’d been Peter Pan Peanut Butter that’d gotten the ConAgra axe rather than Real, but what can you do?