Store bought Peanut Butter as good as Natural?

**ajustana** · 10-08-2003, 02:53 PM

Read this article....they say it is!

http://content.health.msn.com/conten...e/74/89417.htm

**Jodi** · 10-08-2003, 02:56 PM

Sure its perfectly fine until they add the sugar to it.

**Leslie** · 10-08-2003, 02:58 PM

Originally posted by Jodi
Sure its perfectly fine until they add the sugar to it.

And stabilzers...hydrogentated oils

**donescobar2000** · 10-08-2003, 03:50 PM

I got this from another forum. Also Fletch from Fortified Iron states he managed to get to 4% on his cut using JIF. Makes me think twice about my PB, although I am using natural and it taste great!. I also have like 4 jar of the commerical stuff. I need to get rid of it.

FYI

No Trans Fats in Peanut Butter--Contrary to Current Rumor
By Judy McBride

Recurring rumors that commercial peanut butters contain trans fats--which appear to increase risk of cardiovascular disease--have no basis in fact, according to an Agricultural Research Service study.

The rumors no doubt started because small amounts of hydrogenated vegetable oils are added to commercial peanut butters--at 1 to 2 percent of total weight--to prevent the peanut oil from separating out. And the hydrogenation process can generate the formation of trans fatty acids in oils, according to Timothy H. Sanders, who leads research at ARS’ Market Quality and Handling Research Unit at Raleigh, N.C.

To see if the rumors had any validity, Sanders prepared 11 brands of peanut butter, including major store brands and “natural” brands, for analysis by a commercial laboratory. He also sent paste freshly prepared from roasted peanuts for comparison. The laboratory found no detectable trans fats in any of the samples, with a detection limit of 0.01 percent of the sample weight.

That means that a 32-gram serving of any of the 11 brands could contain from zero to a little over three-thousandths (0.0032) of a gram of trans fats without being detected. While current regulations don’t require food labels to disclose trans fat levels, they do require disclosure of saturated fat levels at or above five-tenths (0.5) of a gram. For comparison, that’s 156 times higher than this study’s detection limit for trans fats.

By contrast, peanut butter has plenty of unsaturated fatty acids. The most abundant is oleic acid, the monounsaturated fat believed to be good for the cardiovascular system. In this analysis, oleic acid levels ranged from 19 percent of total weight in one private-label brand to 27 percent in one “natural” type. Palmitic acid, the most abundant saturated fatty acid, weighed in at about 5 percent among all brands.

Scientific contact: Timothy H. Sanders, ARS Market Quality and Handling Research Unit, Raleigh, N.C., phone (919) 515-6312, fax (919) 515-7124, mqhru@ncsu.edu.

**maniclion** · 10-08-2003, 04:03 PM

I had to use my families PB "Skippy" when I ran out of Natural and I almost gagged from how salty it was, it totally ruined the flavor in my shakes. Once you go Natural you'll never go back.

**Leslie** · 10-08-2003, 04:05 PM

I am sorry I have to disagree..Skippy reduced fat crunchy is the shit. I could eat the whole tub.

Although I eat natty PB, if I could eat reg pb I would. For natty pb Crazy Richards is my fave

**donescobar2000** · 10-08-2003, 04:07 PM

Ha ha... I get Crazy Richards sometimes, I only get it when I go to Safeway. My fav is Arrowhead Mills.

**sara** · 10-08-2003, 07:43 PM

Originally posted by maniclion
Once you go Natural you'll never go back.

**plouffe** · 11-07-2003, 09:58 AM

natural is better

**firestorm** · 11-09-2003, 03:35 AM

What? I never heard of ANY of that peanut butter except for the lowfat skippy!!! Natty peanutbutter sounds like something a Jamacian would eat.

**firestorm** · 11-09-2003, 03:35 AM

Pass me the natty peanut butta mon.

**JerseyDevil** · 11-09-2003, 05:33 AM

Don't bogart the Jamaican Natty Firestorm!

**JerseyDevil** · 11-09-2003, 05:40 AM

Seriously, after all of the talk about natural PB I went and bought some. Just look at the ingredients. These taken directly off the label.

Natural - Peanuts, salt

Regular - Peanuts and peanut oil, corn syrup, hydrogenated rapeseed and cottonseed oils, salt.

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to see which one is better for you

**Tha Don** · 11-09-2003, 05:58 AM

i brought some peanut butter, tastes like shit on its own though, i don't like it, just a really strong strong thick peanut taste

i prefer actual dry-roasted peanuts

yum!

**HoldDaMayo** · 11-09-2003, 09:22 AM

there is really no difference between Jif and the store bought regular peanut butters and the natural stuff... seriously... true, the process to make it is a bit different... but the tests for the good nutrients and how much trans fats and what not are in them are identical... whether you buy jif or the all natural stuff... its really just a taste preference.

**Jodi** · 11-09-2003, 09:29 AM

Originally posted by JerseyPaul
Seriously, after all of the talk about natural PB I went and bought some. Just look at the ingredients. These taken directly off the label.

Natural - Peanuts, salt

Regular - Peanuts and peanut oil, corn syrup, hydrogenated rapeseed and cottonseed oils, salt.

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to see which one is better for you

Hold just as JerseyPaul said here. There is a BIG difference between the 2. Jif has trans fat and natural does not, Jif has added sugar and natural does not etc.

**Eggs** · 11-09-2003, 09:37 AM

I just buy raw peanuts

They are a little different but I like the taste.

As to peanut butter... I prefer natty, and crunchy. That smooth stuff is naaaasty.

**HoldDaMayo** · 11-09-2003, 09:51 AM

you get a very small amount of sugar... less than some "atkins" foods even... there is less than 0.0032grams of saturated fat in Jif... over 100 times LESS than the FDA required "trans fat free" label...

**Jodi** · 11-09-2003, 10:03 AM

The word hydrogenated should be enough for anyone to choose natural. That has Transfat written all over it. FDA doesn't know what there talking about anyway. They STILL haven't mandated that all companies list the Transfat in the nutritional value.

People are eating foods that are low in sat fat and think they are doing themselves good when in fact they are eating foods that are worse than if they ate something full of sat. fat.

**HoldDaMayo** · 11-09-2003, 12:28 PM

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2001/010612.htm

Here's a good quick read for ya, the argument against Jif and store bought brands because of trans fatty acids is null...

The only argument against Jif and other store bought brands are the sugars... if 3 grams of sugar per serving is too much for ya, then stick with your natural... me, I like Jif and will continue to buy it.

I agree with what you say about the FDA though... they are a joke...

**Jodi** · 11-09-2003, 12:34 PM

They are a joke for sure.

Regarless of what the article says (which I still question), anything NATURAL is better for you. Anything with the word hydrogenated still means unnecessary processing. As much as I like Jif, I seem to become accustomed to natural not only because its better for me but because IMO it tastes better too.

Ever try natural Almond Butter or Cashew Butter? OMG

**HoldDaMayo** · 11-09-2003, 12:57 PM

I just don't want people thinking that store bought peanut butter is the devil... FACT: it's not... Natural is a tiny bit better, that's why i feel taste and price are the main determinant in buying PB

**Mudge** · 11-09-2003, 03:58 PM

Crunchy JIF is sin itself, ooooooooooh man. That with rasberry jelly on some dark wheat, stand back, my gut is growing already.

**HoldDaMayo** · 11-09-2003, 04:04 PM

Jif is my fav kind of peanut butter, but i bet you could tell that by my posts...

**Jodi** · 11-09-2003, 04:06 PM

Have any of you ever heard of a Fluffernutter Sandwich

**once was fat** · 11-09-2003, 11:05 PM

I used a half of teaspoon of jif in my protien shake tonight. Dam it was good. I dont think a half of teaspoon can hurt you.

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