02-01-2012, 08:18 PM
john dough wrote:
It was this Skippy concoction: http://grist.org/scary-food/2011-03-08-r...almonella/
Roasted Peanuts, Corn Syrup Solids, Sugar, Soy Protein, Salt, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils (Cottonseed, Soybean And Rapeseed) To Prevent Separation, Mono And Diglycerides, Minerals (Magnesium Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Ferric Orthophosphate, Copper Sulfate), Vitamins (Niacinamide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid)
I know that Skippy (regular, not non-fat) has less ingredients, yet still more than just peanuts (is sugar really needed in PB?). I am probably going to end up buying raw peanuts and making my own PB in the future.
We had some PB from a farmer's market last fall (made from just peanuts, nothing else) and it was delicious.
Well thar ya go! That shit ain't peanut butter. "Reduced fat" peanut butter is, on it's very face, a ridiculous concept, just like diet soda or alcohol-free bourbon.
"Regular" peanut butter has just enough of the hydrogenated (note: NOT evil partially hydrogenated) oil to keep it from separating. Salt: necessary. Sugar: maybe not, I'll grant you that. Personally, having just had a jar of "natural" pb, I do not prefer it. The top half of the jar is too oily and the bottom half is too hard, and I do not like to wrestle with my pb before I put it on my apple slices.
Hal - I'd really have to do a side-by-side. The amount of oil added to pb is very little. I really wonder if it's enough to affect the flavor. Maybe it's the sugar you're objecting to.
Sorry for the thread hijack! I don't eat at McD's or Burger King, as far as that goes.