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I go to the local natural food co-op or to whole foods and get freshly
ground peanut butter. No subsitute for it and none of the added sugar.
I like the taste of peanuts in my peanut butter, not over-sugared
peanut food product substitite. :)

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The point of my original entry is that in the "good" peanut butters, Laura
Scudder for instance, there is no sugar at all. Just Peanuts and Salt.

Nancree

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(SportKite1) wrote:



I go to the local natural food co-op or to whole foods and get freshly
ground peanut butter. No subsitute for it and none of the added sugar.
I like the taste of peanuts in my peanut butter, not over-sugared
peanut food product substitite. :)

Exactly. We have WONDERFUL nut butters at our store that have no oil on top,
are creamy and spreadable. The best part of buying freshly ground nut butters
at a natural foods store is that you can buy them in the amount you like. Our
peanut butter (just roasted peanuts, no salt) only costs 3.25 a lb and our
pure
almond butter is only 4.30 a lb, but we sell it in containers that range from
1.25 and up.

I love almond butter. I wish I could get it for only $4.30 a pound. I
pay about double that.

Miche

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"Peter Aitken" wrote:

"Nancree" wrote in message
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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.

I think you are wrong. The oil rising to the top is the result of no added
sugar. Still, you are right in that the natural peanut butter with the oil
on top is healthier.

She's right. I've seen peanut butter here in NZ with no separated oil
on the top, and no added sugar.

I can't think of a brand of peanut butter here which _has_ added sugar.

Miche

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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

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and in the last year, the Safeway store brand, which I have preferred
over all the majors, is finally going sweet too.

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Yesterday at Von's I noticed that they had several varieties of Von's peanut
butter. One was just peanuts and salt. Others were hydrogenated oils.

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"Curly Sue" wrote in message
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I suspect you're right though. I'm used to commercial, sweetened
peanut butters and I didn't care for the taste of the natural ones.
My bad. :

Not at all Sue! ;-) I too prefer the hydrogenated peanut butter to the
nautral kind. I have tried most of the natural peanut butters but don't like
them much. Also, I prefer to keep my peanut butter unrefrigerated and
dislike mucking about with oil separation. I used to like the ones with
added sugar, but now prefer unsugared. I purchase Skippy which has no sugar,
just roasted peanuts, hydrogenated oil (rapeseed, cotton seed and
safflower), and salt. It is not as good for one as natural but I prefer the
flavor a great deal and the ease of use makes it worthwhile for as long as I
can eat it.

Fortunately I don't eat so much that it makes a difference.

Sigh. I buy it in 4 lb. tubs. Very inexpensive at my Smart and Final
warehouse.

Charlie

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"Charles Gifford" wrote in
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"Curly Sue" wrote in message
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I suspect you're right though. I'm used to commercial, sweetened
peanut butters and I didn't care for the taste of the natural ones.
My bad. :

Not at all Sue! ;-) I too prefer the hydrogenated peanut butter to the
nautral kind. I have tried most of the natural peanut butters but
don't like them much. Also, I prefer to keep my peanut butter
unrefrigerated and dislike mucking about with oil separation. I used
to like the ones with added sugar, but now prefer unsugared. I
purchase Skippy which has no sugar, just roasted peanuts, hydrogenated
oil (rapeseed, cotton seed and safflower), and salt. It is not as good
for one as natural but I prefer the flavor a great deal and the ease
of use makes it worthwhile for as long as I can eat it.

Fortunately I don't eat so much that it makes a difference.

Sigh. I buy it in 4 lb. tubs. Very inexpensive at my Smart and Final
warehouse.

Charlie

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!




I find I prefer room temp un-sugarred hydrogenated peanut butter as well. I
don't eat a lot of peanut butter, but do like crunchy peanut butter on rye
toast for breakfast 3 or so days a week. I find the natural stuff
oily/greasy in taste even after stirring. I can't seem to get the total oil
absorbtion that the hydrogenated peanut butter has. And upon awakening,
before my first cup of coffee, operating a toaster can be some what of a
mental challenge...never mind stirring up a jar of peanut butter.


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and water.
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never mind stirring up a jar of peanut butter

.. . . which also ruins the texture.

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Skippy which has no sugar

That wasn't true of Skippy when I sampled it two years ago. However, formulas
change (perhaps even geographically), and I'll examine the label again.

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(WardNA) wrote:

That wasn't true of Skippy when I sampled it two years ago. However, formulas
change (perhaps even geographically), and I'll examine the label again.

Skippy contains some sugar

http://www.peanutbutter.com/faq.asp#ingredients

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"Scott" wrote in message
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In article ,
(WardNA) wrote:

That wasn't true of Skippy when I sampled it two years ago. However,
formulas
change (perhaps even geographically), and I'll examine the label again.

Skippy contains some sugar

http://www.peanutbutter.com/faq.asp#ingredients


It is not listed on the label on my tub of Skippy.

Charlie

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In article k.net, "Charles Gifford" wrote:

"Scott" wrote in message
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In article ,
(WardNA) wrote:

That wasn't true of Skippy when I sampled it two years ago. However,
formulas
change (perhaps even geographically), and I'll examine the label again.

Skippy contains some sugar

http://www.peanutbutter.com/faq.asp#ingredients


It is not listed on the label on my tub of Skippy.

It probably *is* listed, but in disguise. Look for things like corn syrup or
molasses.

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"Leila A." wrote in message
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If your kid has any learning issues, speech disorder, or attention
deficit, do yourself a favor and read "The LCP Solution" by a
nutritionist in England. The Brits are doing more research than we are
on this issue, although parents and doctors are calling for trials in
this country. I'm not saying this is your magic bullet, I just suggest
you look into it.

Leila
(ducking for cover)

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already? You should show yourself more often so we can bask in your royal
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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
om...
In article k.net,
"Charles Gifford" wrote:

"Scott" wrote in message
...
In article ,
(WardNA) wrote:

That wasn't true of Skippy when I sampled it two years ago. However,
formulas
change (perhaps even geographically), and I'll examine the label
again.

Skippy contains some sugar

http://www.peanutbutter.com/faq.asp#ingredients


It is not listed on the label on my tub of Skippy.

It probably *is* listed, but in disguise. Look for things like corn syrup
or
molasses.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)

Nope. No disguise. It is listed as "sugar". Damned thing snuck up on me. It
is listed second just after roasted peanuts. That'll teach me to wear my
glasses when reading labels!

Charlie, embarrassed