On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 13:36:03 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 7/9/2018 12:47 PM, Gary wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> The only ingredients in the peanut butter I buy are ground
>>> peanuts & salt. No added solidifiers or chemicals.
>>
>> And that is my problem with all natural. Only peanut, salt, and
>> maybe a bit more oil.
>>
>> I love peanuts but that tastes too much like peanuts. hahh go
>> figure. My to go for is Jif. It adds a bit of sugar and whatever
>> but that is killer for me. I eat it often.
>>
>Gary. If you like sugar in peanut butter by all means, enjoy it.
>
>Some of us don't want that. Nor thickeners. You buy what you want,
>I'll buy what I want. I doubt JIF is going out of business any time
>soon. No worries!
>
>>> I like peanut butter toast for breakfast from time to time.
>>
>> I eat it often for snacks. Never had a jar go out of date. For
>> snacks anytime of day. Back so many years ago, when my wife left,
>> I gave her custody of that nasty natural peanut butter that we
>> kept in the fridge. Good riddance to both of you.
>>
>Well hey. I'm sure she was thrilled to get custody of the PB!
>
>I was actually replying about why I prefer, stir and refrigerate natural
>peanut butter. I stir it up while it is still at room temp, then
>refrigerate it. Tastes like peanut butter. The only oil is peanut oil
>from hmmm, the peanuts.
>
>It sounds to me like you don't really like peanut butter. Whatever.

It's for people like Gary that the industry adds a bit of sugar and/or
fat to everything. It appeals to the young palate. The genuine product
tastes too mature and needs a bit of sweetener. Oh and colorants. It
needs to look extra pretty.