[quote]robo1 wrote:
Who knew peanut butter could be so complicated. [/quote]
no kiddin
PB is awesome! I prefer Trader Joe’s salted - both the crunchy and smooth. I alternate the two for variety and different recipes, etc. It mixes up super easy and the taste is phenomenal. The only ingredients are peanuts & salt.
As far as the oil separation debate - there’s no way you’ll find a jar in the supermarket that hasn’t separated. I’ve been eating natural PB for almost 30 years and I have NEVER seen this. If you stir up a jar and them leave it at room temp, closed up, on the counter, the oil will separate out in a matter of hours. It would be damn near impossible for the manufacturer to put the PB in jars and get it to the store in a matter of hours.
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
cueball wrote:
jehovasfitness wrote:
Doug Adams wrote:
esk221 wrote:
Excuse my ignorance, but what makes it not natural?
Ingredients: Roasted Peanuts, Sugar, Palm Oil, Salt
I’m not saying you’re wrong, but if I’m missing something fill me in.
The ingredients of natural peanut butter should read:
peanuts, and maybe salt
That’s it.
technically though, palm oil is natural
Peanuts don’t “naturally” contain palm oil. So the addition of it makes it “unnatural”. Pardon me if you were being sarcastic, but It came across as serious.
cueball
I wasn’t being sarcastic, in fact serious.
By your logic, the addition of salt would make it “unnatural”, follow me?
Palm oil is natural, where as trans-fats are not, hence why other brands are not natural.
Skippy Natural is natural PB, but like said, I do think the kind with oil separation is better.
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Yep. I kinda figured you would mention that. I think, IMO, that changing the NUTRITIONAL make-up is where I draw the natural vs. unnatural distiction. Adding an oil changes this where adding salt really doesn’t.
Not that I’m anti Skippy natural or anything. I just prefer buying PB with the least amount of ingredients. My favorite being Smuckers. I guess, in the light I look at this, the Skippy would be “made with all-natural ingredients” where Smuckers would just be natural PB.
cueball
[quote]jstines wrote:
PB is awesome! I prefer Trader Joe’s salted - both the crunchy and smooth. I alternate the two for variety and different recipes, etc. It mixes up super easy and the taste is phenomenal. The only ingredients are peanuts & salt.
As far as the oil separation debate - there’s no way you’ll find a jar in the supermarket that hasn’t separated. I’ve been eating natural PB for almost 30 years and I have NEVER seen this. If you stir up a jar and them leave it at room temp, closed up, on the counter, the oil will separate out in a matter of hours. It would be damn near impossible for the manufacturer to put the PB in jars and get it to the store in a matter of hours. [/quote]
What stores carry Trader Joe’s? I’ve never seen it. I like the Smuckers but If someone who’s eaten Natty PB for 30 years gives a nod to a certain brand, I might try it.
cueball
Trader Joe’s is a store, they have their own brand
kind of gay how Natural PB, has to be called natural, when the chemically ridden kind doesn’t have to have an extra name letting the average joe, know that it’s not that good
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
Trader Joe’s is a store, they have their own brand
kind of gay how Natural PB, has to be called natural, when the chemically ridden kind doesn’t have to have an extra name letting the average joe, know that it’s not that good[/quote]
I see. I’ll look around and see if I can find one in the area. And yes, it’s lame regarding the “natural” label. Just as meat doesn’t have to list hormones and antibiotics and whatever else is used.
cueball
Smart Balance Omega PB is my choice, to me it is the best tasting I’ve ever had, and has 1g of omega 3 per serving, not a ton but better than none.
[quote]martyh wrote:
Smart Balance Omega PB is my choice, to me it is the best tasting I’ve ever had, and has 1g of omega 3 per serving, not a ton but better than none.[/quote]
I’ve been buying a lot of this also. I can taste the flax in it though, has kind of a weird aftertaste to me.
may not be as natural some people like but i found a nice pb at my local GNC: Power PB
it has some good stuff in it
gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=
2761103&cp=&kw=power+pb&origkw=power+pb&sr=1
[quote]BigB51 wrote:
may not be as natural some people like but i found a nice pb at my local GNC: Power PB
it has some good stuff in it
gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=
2761103&cp=&kw=power+pb&origkw=power+pb&sr=1
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$8 for 16 oz of PB is a rip off…I don’t care what they add to it. You’re probably more than enough of whatever they added elsewhere in your diet.
[quote]Digity wrote:
BigB51 wrote:
may not be as natural some people like but i found a nice pb at my local GNC: Power PB
it has some good stuff in it
gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=
2761103&cp=&kw=power+pb&origkw=power+pb&sr=1
$8 for 16 oz of PB is a rip off…I don’t care what they add to it. You’re probably more than enough of whatever they added elsewhere in your diet.[/quote]
it has egg in it along with some other stuff (flax I think too), not too bad tasting, and a lot of calories, but yeah, expensive
[quote]jstines wrote:
PB is awesome! I prefer Trader Joe’s salted - both the crunchy and smooth. I alternate the two for variety and different recipes, etc. It mixes up super easy and the taste is phenomenal. The only ingredients are peanuts & salt.[/quote]
This is my favorite brand too. The regular rather than the organic. I think because it is made from unblanched peanuts it has great flavor. It is made only from dry roasted peanuts and salt. (They have an unsalted version too, but of course it doesn’t taste so good.)
[quote]andersons wrote:
This is my favorite brand too. The regular rather than the organic. I think because it is made from unblanched peanuts it has great flavor. It is made only from dry roasted peanuts and salt. (They have an unsalted version too, but of course it doesn’t taste so good.)
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You really can’t beat $1.69 for a jar either! I agree that their unsalted versions don’t taste nearly as good.
I’m not sure if this has been mentioned already, but the point in refrigerating peanut butter is the aflatoxin issue. Aflatoxins are compounds produced by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus, and several of its strains are associated with liver poisoning and cancer.
As far as I know, refrigeration may slow down the growth of aflatoxin, but won’t prevent it altogether.
That being said, I still like peanut butter occasionally, especially mixed with protein powder and cottage cheese. I make sure not to make it a staple of my diet due to the fact that it’s loaded with omega-6 fatty acids, though.
[quote]martyh wrote:
Smart Balance Omega PB is my choice, to me it is the best tasting I’ve ever had, and has 1g of omega 3 per serving, not a ton but better than none.[/quote]
The same kind I get- its great. Tastes great, mixes great, and no need to refrigerate (rhyming unintentional).
problem solved…
IF YOU EAT EVEN 1G of trans fat YOU WILL DIE…its like smoking
Aight gents… here’s one that I haven’t heard mentioned in thsi thread yet: What about no - stir natural peanut butter? Is that goood, bad, ugly?
I know that that must mean that they add something to it to keep it from separating and I am just wondering if that negates the entire deal. Is no stir still all natural? Is what they add to it bad?
idk about the answer to your question but all I can say is I love natural peanut butter. That and some cottage cheese b4 bedddddd oooooooh ohhhhhhh
I second that notion. sometimes some protein powder mixed along blended is good too.