>Do your children, and yourself, and buy a peanut butter that has the oil
>"separated", or floating on top. A nuisance, but so much healthier.
>

Another wives' tale. Peanut butter that doesn't separate has a small amount of
hydrogenated oil in it, but not enough to bother about.

The big issue on commercial peanut butter quality is the amount of sugar the
manufacturer adds: the less, the better. However, the focus groups seem to be
of another opinion, since all peanut butters seem to go sweeter over the
decades; and in the last year, the Safeway store brand, which I have preferred
over all the majors, is finally going sweet too.

If I could find a supplier that would grind it from fresh peanuts, no salt,
right in front of my eyes, I would devour of pound of it before the oil had
time to separate.

Neil