Comments on: Natural Peanut Butter

By: Liana Primerano

Liana Primerano — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:51:32 +0000

Hi I’m not sure if this was mentioned because there are just way too many replies to read. Anyway, artificial sweeteners like Splenda have ASPARTAME in them which is a cancer causing carcinogen. Look it up. It’s practically in every type of gum, sugar-free or not, also in lozenges. Check it out. Avoid ASPARTAME.

By: Diana

Diana — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:57:16 +0000

Just moved from Florida, where my local Publix supermarket ground their own peanut butter, which I loved….now where I am, can find no fresh-ground as of yet, so have been ordering it from Kaufmann’s Fruit Farm in Pennsylvania. It is VERY good, but the cost of the freight to ship it is more than the peanut butter, so I’m still looking for a closer source. Grew up eating peanut butter in a sandwich, which I still do, but now, I have my “shake” every morning, which consists of milk, banana, squirt of honey, and a delicious blob of P.B…..YUM. Anyhow, I recommend Kaufmann’s…seems to be good quality. Enjoyed everyone’s remarks here, as well….us peanut butter lovers need to “stick” together!

By: C.C.

C.C. — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:24:58 +0000

I have used Laura Scudder’s All Natural Peanut Butter for YEARS. It is a pain to mix, but once done (I always scoop approximately 2 tablespoons of oil off the top and mix the rest in), I have a delicious, creamy (or crunchy!), cold-spreadable peanut butter, delicious on apples, celery, bread – whatever you like.

As for the Palm oil – I am moving to real, nonpackaged foods because way more than you think contain palm oil – and I really don’t want to be party to the current growing practice. The amount of palm oil required for this HUGE packaged food market has to be staggering. (Think globally – BILLIONS of people… so much palm oil, so little little room to grow it…)

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.