Monday, January 12, 2009

Peanut Butter









I have spent the past two months searching and taste testing natural peanut butters. It's been a brutal task. :)

Peanut Butter is a healthy way to get protein into your diet and it's a filling, delicious snack. Every afternoon I treat myself to an organic Gala apple with a bit of peanut butter smeared on it. Yum....

Now the problems I saw with Smuckers Natural Peanut Butter were the following:
1. the need to stir is annoying
2. usually the oil doesn't mix all the way, so about halfway thru the jar the peanut butter gets grainy and dry
3. doesn't spread very easily
4. can have a dry taste to it

I decided to try Skippy's Natural Peanut Butter and it was delicious! There is a little added sugar and palm oil, unlike the Smuckers, but it's much healthier than regular peanut butter. So it's one of those in-between compromises that I'm willing to go with.

Smuckers Natural Peanut Butter 3 out of 5 spoons
Skippy's Natural Creamy Peanut Butter 5 out of 5 spoons

2 comments:

Michi said...

Right in time. I need to buy some PB soon. I enjoy eating my PB by the spoonful.

Olivia Hein said...

another option, which i haven't tried but heard is good, is O Organics Creamy Peanut Butter. Slightly more calories, less sugar and organic.

O Organics is sold only at Dominicks.