1. Peanut Butter and Co. (Smooth Operator)
We begin our list with one of the worst peanut butter brands on the market, which is Peanut Butter and Co. Smooth Operator. Why? Well, let’s see. It has a long list of iffy components, including a lot of sugar, salt, and palm oil. First and foremost, steer clear of anything that contains palm oil.
Worldwide, one of the main causes of deforestation is the collection of palm oil. And for what purpose? To make things easier, the peanut butter doesn’t separate because of the palm oil. And then salt and sugar are just as unnecessary.
2. Skippy (Natural Peanut Butter Spread with Honey)
Another unhealthy choice of peanut butter is the one from Skippy, the version that contains honey. Why buy something that supposedly contains “honey” and is sweeter than it should be when you can buy regular peanut butter without any additives and then put some honey on top of it?
80 thoughts on “Stay Away from These 6 Peanut Butter Brands”
Ok, so what are the good peanut butters????????????
Just check labeling to make sure your peanut butter has only “Roasted peanuts”. You’ll be surprised by how few on the grocery shelf fit that criteria.
I think Peter Pan, Skippy and Jif Peanut butter are the best. They few peanut butter out there, not as popular, but just ask good. Do your diligence search.
I am definitely with you on those 3 brands of peanut butter. Peter pan and Skippy is what I always get. I also give peanut butter to my dogs and they can only have the Skippy brand of peanut butter. There’s a ingredient that is toxic for dogs in most brands of peanut butter. Skippy was recommended by vets and all animal hospitals. As long as people stick to those brands they will be safe.
I really like Smucker’s Natural Peanut Butter, only 2 ingredients,Peanuts and salt. You can get in chunky or creamy. Target carries it.
Any peanut butter with hydrogenated oils is very harmful
YES. NO HYDROGENATED OIL in the peanut butter you buy !!!!! Not Good for you or you FUR BABY
I agree I grew up on Jif I buy no other peanut butter.
I like Jif Peanut butter the best? I never seen a list of the bad ones
jif n skippy were 2 of the 6.
My favorite is Peter Pan Honey Roasted Crunchy peanut butter. I’m relieved I didn’t see it on this list
Stuff is like ridiculously good, you think it’s too sweet? I don’t even use jelly on it.
That’s what I want to know!
Smuckers natural two ingredients peanuts and salt.
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Smucker’s Natural Peanut Butter. It only has peanuts in it. Low sodium of 95 and sugar 2 grams. Protein 8 grams per two tbsp. That is my go-to peanut butter. IU prefer chunky to creamy so these stats are for chunky. Thanks.
One of the best recommendations is NAKED Organic Peanut Butter and NAKED CRUNCH Organic Peanut Butter (2-pack combo). It doesn’t contain sugar or salt; it’s gluten-free, and for 2 tablespoons, you will get 7 grams of protein. Order yours from Amazon by clicking on the link.
What, of the brands available to me, are the best brands in my area of Appleton, WI. We do not have the brand Naked Peanut Butter here?
You have to order it on http://www.amazon.com
ShopRite Bowl & Basket brand. No extra salt or sugar.
Hi,
I make my own. One jar Pnuts 2 Tbl spoons oil. Wiz away. That’s it.
The best peanut butter is Crazy Richard’s.
The only ingredients are peanuts.
Naked Organic Peanut Butter and Naked Crunch Organic Peanut Butter. It was at the end of his article.
The one they advise is $29 plus tax …insane…
Its in the last paragraph.
Click on large numbers below picture to see which ones.
If you purchase you PB at the grocery store, read the “Ingredients” label, if there’s anything other than “roasted peanuts,” forget it. I get mine at Natural Grocer’s, they grind their own PB with nothing added, just peanuts. There will be a layer of oil at the top sometimes, it’s the natural oils from the peanuts. By the way, “peanuts” are not really “nuts,” they’re a “bean.”
In the Philippines, where I grabbed an early retirement, you will likely never find many products labeled “organic” except some fresh produce in one corner of the produce department. We have some of the popular US brands of peanut butter on the shelf and sadly, locals often think “imported is better.” We found locally produced peanut butter in various sizes that has great flavour and yes, a shorter shelf life because it has no extra additives in the mix. This is NOT a product you purchase and twenty (20)years later, it is still there waiting for you in the back of the cupboard! You will not escape some salt and sugar, Filipinos love sweet things and sugar is a big industry here. Still, it is a great pleasure to open a new container, stir in the peanut oil and have at it. A few locals have turned peanut butter making into a cottage industry, we purchase what we can whenever we find it.
Hi, Jack.
Glad you were able to retire in PI. I’m sure that things have changed drastically since my last time there in the 90’s. I definitely am sure there is no Olongapo. We called Subic Bay our home port instead of Yokosuka when I was on the MIDWAY. I always know if we wanted food from the stores then we never had a man issue buying what we wanted and it was always great. And, I certainly understand why Filipinos live longer than Americans bc of the lower amount of preservatives which are not needed and it is killing us. I battling cancer right now and I’m sure diet has some influence on this. I know that I would seek out canned products, especially peanut butter instead of imported there. Enjoy retirement and bet you are living pretty comfortably. I remember in the late 70’s or early 80’s when the peso was 20:1 and a buck would go a long way. Good luck and happy living. Enjoy. San Miguel for me.
Filipinos definitely love sweet things. I used to date a woman that was from the Philippines, when I lived in Hanover, NH. She was going to Dartmouth College, to become a doctor. And it was so funny to me to see a 7th year med student (she was in her 7th year when we first started dating) that was going to become a doctor, that would eat SOOOO much sugar/sweet things. (Maybe that’s why she loved me, because I’m sweet. Lol). I watched her add sugar to things normal people wouldn’t. Such as on eggs, pizza, hot dogs/brats, corn, baked beans as well as green beans, peas, chicken and chicken nuggets, cheese burgers, (oddly enough she NEVER added sugar to just plain hamburgers on the rare times she ate them without cheese), pork chops, ice cream, lunch meat turkey, chicken breast, off the bone and black forest ham, bologna, and roast beef, etc. She would even add sugar to her milk, and in her hot and cold tea, hot chocolate, plain water, sometimes soda when she drank it very occasionally, and usually only when she drank Pepsi, Orange and Grape soda, as well as Strawberry Crush and Fanta. I’ve also seen her add extra sugar on top of pieces of pie and came. That woman LOVED her sugar. She also added a lot of salt to things too. And that list is at least three times longer than what she added sugar too. Including adding salt to cereal, ice cream, in her tea with the sugar, and ANY kind of fruit she would eat, she ALWAYS added a pinch of sugar and two pinches of salt.
But I have to say, that all that sugar and would consume, must have started having an effect on her, because she herself was incredibly sweet. She was the nicest woman you’d ever meet. She’s the only one of my exes that if I ever had the chance to be with her again, (before I got married that is) I would have taken her back in a New York minute… PLUS, I don’t know if it was from all that sugar she consumed, or if it’s just a thing with Filipino women, (as well as Chinese women) but she also tasted incredibly sweet, which made her taste incredible and delicious. I would seriously go down to the Y and eat breakfast, lunch, and or dinner, nearly every single day. (Which she always loved, and rather enjoyed that I loved eating out at the Y as much as I did). And I NEVER had to beg, or use any guilt trips, or do anything to get her to let me. All I had to say was, “honey, I’m hungry, and really could use another delicious meal from the Y, and am definitely in the mood to eat out right now”. I sometimes didn’t even have the words completely finished and she was completely naked, both legs as far to the east and west as they could get, (which was quite far) or completely up over her head, with her ankles interlocking behind her head, which was my FAVORITE way for her to be, because it gave the absolute BEST view of EVERYTHING, and for some reason made the sprinkler system down at the Y turn on beyond full force, and made everything more soaking wet when she was like that, than any other position. And I loved it. When I’d eat out at the Y daily, or close to it, I’d always make it take a while. Kind of like an all you can eat buffet, where you just eat and eat and eat, then rest for a few minutes, and then eat and eat and eat some more until you can’t possibly eat anymore. So oftentimes when I ate out (at) the Y, I’d be eating for 2 or three hours at a time. And every single time I’d walk away soaked from the sprinkler system going full blast and soaking everything, almost to the point where I’d almost feel as if I was going to drown. Lol. And I don’t know if that’s just a Filipino female thing, or what. Because other than one Chinese woman I’ve been with, which was her friend from college at Dartmouth, that she wanted to have join us one night, to which I said absolutely since she looked like an even sexier version of Lucy Lu, in Kill Bill, I’d never seen a woman get so drenched, or taste so sweet and delicious. Her friend Wendy, was almost the EXACT same way. Almost EXACTLY. From the sweetness to the wetness. That was an amazing 7 hours and 40 minutes when the three of us got together… 27 different times.
Unfortunately Marita and I only dated for 3 and a half years almost. (Her name was Marita. It was a blend of her father’s name, Martin, and her mother’s name, Rita). She was in her 11th year of school for medicine, and on her first year residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, when our relationship ended. And it didn’t end because either of us cheated, or lied, or did anything bad, nor did we stop loving each other. We loved each other more than anything. But on Christmas Eve, in 2011, she was called into work at the hospital on her day off because they were short staffed. And she loved helping people, so she said she’d go in. Well it was so busy at the hospital because there was a nasty snowstorm blowing through. So bad it was all over the national news. Well she went to work, told me she’d get off at 6 in the morning and she’d be back to have Christmas with me and my family. We kissed, exchanged “I love you’s”, and I never spoke to her again. I thought it was odd that all night long, she never sent me even one single text saying hi, or Merry Christmas, or just to tell me how work was. Because she always did. I just assumed it was because they were busy. But what really happened was, as she was driving to work, she was about 7 miles away from our house and 4 miles from the hospital, when a semi truck lost control due to the storms heavy snow and ice, he got black ice and lost control of his rig, and ended up smashing into Marita, head on. He survived without a scratch, and even though she had her seat belt on, she was killed instantly upon impact due to the force of the truck crushing her car and her. The coroner said she would have died instantly based on the evidence he had, and said she never would have felt anything, or even knew what was happening because it would have happened so quick, killing her instantly. She was pronounced DOA when the first responders got to the scene. And I had no idea that all night long I was wondering why I hadn’t gotten any messages, and she was dead all along. And I never had that chance to say goodbye, which is my biggest regret… But I found out by the police knocking on my door at around 8:30 AM on Christmas morning when they told me what happened. I had to go with them to identify her body, which was the worst Christmas I ever had, and to this day I can’t get the image out of my head of the way she looked. She looked so beautiful, as if she was only sleeping. She didn’t hardly have a single scratch on her. Unfortunately everything was internal, plus the impact INSTANTLY separated the brain stem from her spine, which is what killed her instantly. There would have been no way she could have survived, or been helped. And that’s why I don’t celebrate Christmas to this day, And my now wife understands, and let’s me not celebrate it.
But I will say, I loved her very much. And I’d never be able to be with a Filipino woman ever again, because she meant tol much to me. It would be too difficult for me, because all I’d be able to see would be Marita…
Boy, your narrative about Marita could be a movie material.
I am a Filipina and a nurse.
Your compliments about the endearing qualities of a Filipina is truly flattering.
Thank you, although Marita is now gone, I hope you have found your present happiness with your family.]
Stay healthy and stay happy.
Love wins.
Oh! Sorry to hear about the sad ending with Marita! She is now in heaven! My prayers for you too! Am a retired dual citizen of both US and the Philippines and now shuttling between here & there.
So sorry for your loss. Impossible to imagine that situation.
Did you seriously post that on a reply for a peanut butter?
WOW! I NEED TO TAKE A SHOWER NOW…lol
“Adams” brand is Best!!
if Peanut butter oils have raised to the top of the jar before opening, is it still good if you stir?
Seller claims this is a normal occurence and states it on the top of the jar. Brand is Presidents Choice.
I always turn my jar upside down, that way the oils kinda mix …..Cheapest store brand is my brand. Have never been disappointed!
Yes it is normal. You just need to mix it in.
I just put the jar upside down when I put it away.
That was the peanut butter on top when I open it.
Easy to mix.
Crazy Richard’s peanut butter.
The only ingredients.
Peanuts
just wait until RFK Jr, comes for everyone’s sugary sweet cereal and their diet mountain Dew artificial sweeteners. Better yet wait and see how much lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers will cost for your fresh salad after tRump deports all the migrant labor that usually picks the nations fruit and veggies.
I agree with you! I’M waiting for the MAGA trumpateers to see what they have done!!
We know we had 4 good years of Trump and 4 bad years of you democrats
Please!
Amen
What people know and what people admit are not always the same.
The reason maybe (and appears to be so) that some people profit when the USA is in chaos and for others that do not think for themselves because they simply parrot their slave masters rhetoric.
I agree with you totally. They slowed the immigration and the farmers didn’t have anyone to harvest their crops. Damn right economics goes up. Just like trumpsters complain about gas and his snswer is drill=he has stock/deal with prince of Saudia Arabia. At least Obama had us using OUR OWN stash, which meant the gas was cheaper. Truth is we are caught in the spider’s web!!
If criminals are picking these fruits and vegetables good riddens. There are visas for those not criminals.
BS
You guys can’t help yourselves. Everything to you is antiTrump isn’t it? I worked on Obama’s 2008 campaign. He and Eric Holder, his wingman, which is also a breech of our Constitution, are the two highest ranking racists ever to serve in the US government. As for RFK Jr, show me where he said he was going to ban products. He is a big advocate of free speech, something your side has totally abandoned. He wants full disclosure and will work with companies to make their products safer and healthier. That is a good thing.
Keep up the lies. Brainwashed for sure. Obama destroyer of America ran an illegal 3rd term to continue locking in his New World Order. Wake up.
Generally speaking the “migrants” who work the fields have documents allowing them to be in the USA legally; really do not believe they are on the deportation hit lists. As far as RFK Jr. is concerned; I hope someone can curtail the food industry from adding ingredients that are not needed to enhance their products shelf life. I would like to see research labs have more restrictions. Dr. Fauci and Wuhan lab should be held responsible for their mistake -look at all the people who died from COVID as well as those who died from the vaccine or those who now have permanent damage to their lungs and heart. Personally, I think putting new people in place may be the best way to turn our economy and our future around. Also, buy yourself some seeds, get a raised bed for your patio, and grow your own lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers; make some pickles while your at it!
Right on Laura ! You are exactly right couldn’t have said it better.
Too true, Mr. Dumbass ~ We’ve not seen the fuzziest end of the lollipop yet!! Once #45, and ilk take over the entire country, the costs of Everything will be out of reach for the majority of us. Those foods grown will be out of reach, covered with toxic pesticides, and inedible. A Personal Garden? Nice, but for many this is not viable. We’ve grown many foods in containers. Life is to change, and NOT for the better, so “gather ye peanut butters while ye may,” and make sure it’s Skippy with No Sugar Added. Bless us each and every one…
There aren’t as many migrants working the fields as used to be. I had a lot of friends who worked in the wineries & orchards before immigrants replaced them. Those were good jobs for college bound graduates. I know people who lost jobs in wineries because they didn’t speak Spanish. Same happened on construction sites.
You are exactly correct. RFK Jr will destroy our world around us just like Trump will. He told another country to stop giving measles shots, that they were unsafe, 85 children died of measles. We don’t need that man in this country. He also will start telling every city and town to stop fluorinating our water. Kids will start having cavities before they turn 12. Its disgusting.
Well…. at least your name is 100% correct.
There are and have been for decades workers from other countries who come to work on farms. They leave when the job is done. So what is your point. Low information means === low information.
Haha! Now I understand why your name is what it is! Dumbass
my name is Paul. I am still very healthy and not ever had problem with peanut butter yet. I am 74 years old. Skippy happens to be my favorite brand.
I go to Big Y. Before Covid they had a station where you could grind own nut butters. Can’t get any better than that. Now they do the grinding and date when it was ground.
Justin’s nut butter is some of the best. Also Barney butter, they make almond that is completely peanut free and now in another factory they make peanut butter also
I just go to supermarket and buy their fresh ground peanuts in plastic container and ingredients are just peanuts! Healthy! Now to address the Trump haters who commented previously because I’m a Maga (Make America Great Again) lover….. we need to close the border and have people enter LEGALLY and slowly so we can run our democracy balanced and not out of whack. We put stress on all towns and cities/agencies when we open the flood gates. Then many of them do not become assimilated into our culture. Many of them have been released from prisons. Many are terrorists. Think about that before you jump to conclusions. It’s not about the farmers hiring labor mostly but about our lazy ass citizens’ kids who don’t want to work. There’s plenty of them who don’t like college and are only hands on and can get dirty and work. Maga lovers love their country and the constitution…. the last few admins over many years have tried to take our rights away and tried to do away with some of our rights in the constitution, ie, right to bear arms, freedom of speech (suppression and censorship on social media and news, right to be a parent without school/fbi/police involvement), and other hidden agendas that we don’t even know about and the mainstream corrupt media will hide everything the elites/polticians/big corp want, with their life or be fired. Where’s honest journalism? Gone! Where’s patriotism or what we fought for?
When Trump was in for 4 yrs, it ran better. He was getting things done for us. It’s not about Trump, it’s what the majority of people who have their eyes wide open want and we want America back!
awesome answer!
You are absolutely correct, Cheryl. God bless you.
AGREE!
I’m 100% with you, Cheryl. 🇺🇲
I look for peanut butter that is just peanut butter, 100% peanut butter, nothing but peanut butter.
No added salt, emulsifiers, no other oils…..just peanuts.
Crazy Richard’s.
100% peanuts.
Some of the comments are so unreal. Can’t help themselves putting blame and assumptions. Where are these people living that are fine with the way things are here in America and the rest of the world ?
How do they not see peanuts is not a big deal of a problem except for those that are highly allergic to peanuts.
I have always liked “Crazy Richard’s” peanut butter because it has nothing added. It is available in both smooth and crunchy. Better yet, I just buy plain unsalted peanuts and grind them in my food processor until it has the spreadable consistency. Absolutely nothing added, delicious, and more healthful.
I finely see someone who thinks like I do.
You have the best comment here.
Thank you for sticking to the subject
Teddy’s is what my cardiologist recommends and it is Fabulous!!
I like the Common Sense Peanut Butter which doesn’t lean to the RIGHT or LEFT yet is healthy and very tasty !!!!!
He is sending back mostly all the terrorists, pedos, the criminal gangs that are a threat to us. I agree with him. He is not deporting the working immigrants. I just hope that things will be better for all of us.
I Would Like To Know What Peanut Butter Brands Are The Worst. We Feed Our Dogs Peanut Butter?
I find it amazing that peanut butter can raise such a political response. I’m all for truth in advertising. I buy “Teddie” brand – just ground peanuts no sugars or preservatives. The oil separates and it needs to be refrigerated. My adult son and daughter buy Jif reduced fat. It at least is honest packaging – it states just below “25% less fat than peanut butter” that it is a “peanut butter spread, 60% peanuts”. It also states that it has no artificial preservatives but it does contain ferric orthophosphate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride – all of which are preservatives. Jif does not need to be refrigerated and has a shelf life of 3 years.
So my point is that any ground peanut product containing more than ground peanuts should be labeled SPREAD not butter.
As for the presidential politics I’m tired of voting against the worst of two poor choices. I’m 77, always voted, only once for a candidate that I liked (a peanut farmer} and then was disappointed that he couldn’t lead. Why are we mostly enamored with old white men?
When I was much younger my absolute favorite sandwich was bologna with lettuce and cheese. When I made it to 7th grade I realized how burnt out I was. Peanut butter has been my go-to ever since (I am in my mid-60s). 20 Years ago I started to eat bologna again but it will never be my absolute favorite again. I tend to prefer Peter Pan extra crunchy. I love to dunk a peanut butter sandwich in my bowl of soup. I am also fond of peanut butter on toast with 4 link sausages in the middle.
Buy a bag of salted peanuts, toast them in a pan or in the oven just enough that it begins to smell of peanuts. Let them cool. Place them in a baggie, crush them with a rolling pin or bottle ( e.g., wine, whiskey) or clothes iron Place the crushed peanuts in a blender or food processor for 4-5 minutes depending on the strength of the appliance. Voilà, you have peanut butter.
You can add sugar, salt, honey, chocolate, gummy bears, or mix of nuts or chemical preservatives whose names you can’t pronounce. It’s up to you. You do you. A lot cheaper than store bought.
Why does every conversation turn to politics? But since it has how does a felon become our 45th president? Better buy up all the peanut butter be used 45 is done with this country it might be all we can get to eat if we can afford to buy it.😭
I’m 1000% with you, Cheryl. 🇺🇲