What is wrong with my peanut butter?

rebecca said:
I didn't want to be accused of shilling, but if you're curious: it's called Better'n Peanut Butter and it can be found at Trader Joe's for $3.69.
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Is that the stuff that has the consistency of slightly runny Marshmallow Fluff or am I thinking of a different PB substitute?
 
rebecca said:
My peanut butter contains 100 calories for every two tablespoons - about 50% less than most other peanut butters. Each serving has 2.5 grams of fat, compared to about 16g in most others. There are 95 mg of sodium (4% DV), 13g of carbs (4% dv), 2g of sugars, 4g of protein. It has some Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, and Iron....
<SNIP>
...Here's the kicker: my peanut butter is yummy. The question I put to you now is: how will my peanut butter kill me?
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It will be because you WORRIED yourself to death.

Chill out.... Relax... Enjoy your food... Take life as it comes...

Grow Peace in your soul...:)

Cheers,
Dave
 
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The Krema stuff is really good. Especially the hot and spicy kind (mixed with cayenne pepper). Sometimes when I run out I make my own.
 
CriticalThanking said:
What - you don't like lingonberries? Or whatever small, tart berries grow there in the 5 minutes of summer? ;)

CT
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Love them, but what is a PBNJ without grape jelly? No grape jelly, and only strawberry jam, which is fine, but completely fails to be jelly.
 
rebecca said:
I'm fascinated by how many skeptics here buy into the whole "natural" versus "unnatural" thing -- I like eating things with just a few ingredients, too, but in this case my peanut butter has a crap load of ingredients but none of them are apparently deadly, it tastes delicious, contains less fat and calories than any other peanut butter, and still it's somehow not as good as just pure peanuts. WTF!

And Mojo: LET IT GO! The salmon jerky is delicious.

At least Wowbagger understands.
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I tend to shop in the local market, which predisposes me to go for 'natural' food: the choice is limited to either that or the type of 'bad' unnatural food that is flogged off cheap in market stalls cause the supermarkets can't shift it. I'm sure I could get better unnatural food if I walked to a supermarket...but laziness triumphs here ;) Buying natural foods also means you often don't even get an ingredients label, so no need to bother checking that - and if I'm eating streaky bacon or black pudding, I really don't want to know how much saturated fat, salt etc. I'm getting through :D

In terms of peanut butter, the 'problem' with yours might be if you can eat more of it than the 'natural' stuff - I find that the 100% peanut stuff is rich enough that I can only get through about a dessert spoon of the stuff. If I got your unnnatural peanut butter, would I be able to manage the jar :D

Hm, salmon jerky. Like beef jerky made with salmon?
 
rebecca, does your peanut butter ever stick to the roof of your mouth after you consume 12oz or more in one sitting? you could suffocate if you have forgotten how to breath through your nose. Mouth breathers are doomed if they eat 13oz or more of peanut butter in one sitting.

got milk?
 
Hey, that peanut butter is all natural wholesome goodness. Don't you know the leading cause of death is natural causes? You'll eat wayyy to much and get all obese, and naturally that will kill you.

bwahaaaaaa!!!

Do I win yet?
 
My sister sent me a strange mix of presents in the mail recently. She knows I'm trying to lose weight, so she sent some sugar-free treats, but she also sent 3 jars of this really neat peanut butter. The brand is "All Natural Peanut Butter & Co" - in the following flavors:

Dark Chocolate Dreams - peanut butter blended with rich dark chocolate

Cinnamon Raisin Swirl - peanut butter blended with cinnamon & raisins

and

White Chocolate Wonderful - peanut butter blended with sweet white chocolate


I think she's trying to kill me!

(or keep me fat - one of the two)

:D
 
The Skippy squirrel is going to come over and murder you in your sleep because of your betrayal. :jaw-dropp
 
I know at least one explanation: "Peanut Butter" is neither made from nuts, nor is it butter!

Maybe the manufacturer, then, uses the term loosely, and therefore has a very different caloric content than other varieties.
 
rebecca said:
Also, I don't know what 28% protein means. How many grams is that?
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16 ounces = 453.59237 grams.
.28 x 453.59237 = 127.0058636
So, about 127 grams of protein per pound of Quasi-Peanut Butter.
 
Hamradioguy said:
Aflatoxin! Can't recall the risk of this but it's real. I used to compare the risks of eating peanut butter to living next door to a nuclear plant. The PB risk was significantly higher. (A fact I never fail to mention when purchasing my favorite freshly ground PB from the local health food store. The checkout folks hate to see me coming their way.....)
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Somewhere I have an article on that...and the fun thing is, the more "natural" the peanut butter was (less processed), the more aflatoxin was present.
 
ZirconBlue said:
[stage whisper]
Psssst! Peanuts don't grow on trees. They're legumes.
[\stage whisper]
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The Papilionoideae is the largest of the three subfamilies with about two-thirds of all the genera and species of the family.

The majority of the species are herbaceous, although there are some trees :rolleyes: and shrubs, e.g. Laburnum and Gorse (Ulex).

The Papilionoideae contains most of the important leguminous crop species such as the ... Peanut (Arachis hypogaea).
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Bolding mine.
From
http://www.ildis.org/Leguminosae/
Still, I've yet to see a peanut tree!;)
 
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