P1 friendly PB?
Good morning everyone! Peanut butter question for ya. I have an almost full jar of Kraft extra creamy peanut butter in the cupboard. I don't typically eat a lot of peanut butter, but I'm thinking it would be nice on some celery as a snack. I'm just not sure if it's phase 1 friendly. 1 tbsp only has 1 gram of sugar, but sugar is also the second ingredient in the mix. Here's what the label says:
Ingredients: roasted peanuts, sugar, hydrogenated veg oil to prevent separation, salt, fancy molasses Nutrition facts per 1 tbsp: 90 cals, 7 g fat (1 g saturated), 0 cholesterol, 70 mg sodium, 4 g carbs, 1 g fibre, 1 g sugar, 3 g proteins. |
Sorry but the answer is no. Not only is there sugar but there is also molasses. You need a PB that is all peanuts with a touch of salt.
Sorry I can't help you with a brand name because I'm in rural Ontario. Maybe some of the other Chicks will cluck in. |
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If you don't like the natural PBs, Kraft makes a sugar and salt free PB that doesn't require refrigeration and doesn't separate. It has a blue label.
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Or you can grind your own at a health food store. Yes, it is a nuisance having to stir in the oil. I usually store the jar upside down in the fridge.
Another Ontario chick! Actually we are fairly bearable right now at 26ºC. They keep promising rain but none so far. |
Yet another Ontario chick here! I'm originally from Hamilton, but I live in Toronto right now.
Anyway, you should also watch out for "hydrogenated oils". They can be pretty bad for you (filled with trains fats), and only function as a stabilizer for the oil separation that is natural to most nut butters. I'm with the other chicks on this one: grind your own from organic undated nuts, or buy a sugar and added-oil free brand from a health food store. If you can't stand the consistency of refrigerated natural nut butters, try microwaving your portion for a few seconds. It should melt some of the oils and make it much easier to spread (and make it taste more like the creamy peanut butter you're used to). |
I have found smuckers brand natural p-butter in the states. I only have ever had to mix it when I open a new jar, but it has always stayed mixed in the fridge and it's yummy!! When I buy it I turn it upside down in the cupboard and the day before I open it I turn it right side up. Then the next day I open it give it a quick stir with a butter knife and put it in the fridge. I haven't had to mix any more than that. Hope this is helpful!
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Thanks for the tips, everyone! Kaitri, I never would've thought to nuke it to make it easier to mix! Perhaps I'll give the natural stuff another try...will have to wait probably a week though since we just got all our groceries last night. Ruth - it's 25 here right now and not as humid as I'd expected. We could use some rain, too, but who knows when it will come (probably later today since I just finished washing the outside windows, lol). Hope everyone's having a great Saturday!
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I was so mad when I first started the first thing I did was buy "Natural" peanut butter. As I was going along in the diet and started paying closer attention to ingredients I looked at the "natural" peanut butter I bought and there is sugar in it!!! SO MAD!!! It didn't effect my weight loss in any way but I maybe could have lost more if I didn't eat it? :/ LOL Oh well... PB is a must have for me.
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Jen - after you start eating cleaner, you may find your tastes changing and suddenly the natural PB starts tasting really good. I was never a fan before because I adored the creaminess since I'm personally not a chunky fan. However, now the natural tastes really peanutty to me! I buy small containers of freshly ground at my grocery store - it doesn't seem to separate as much as the jarred ones.
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I was going to say the same things as Mysh and Cat...
My tastes really changed and over time I grew to LOVE natural PB. And I also stored mine upside down in the pantry before I opened it. You can also buy little gadgets that are a replacement lid with a stirring paddle attached, but I've never done that. Or try other "nut" butters, like almond or cashew, also watching for no sugar added. |
Trader Joe's has a natural peanut butter as well as almond butter. There are two ingredients in both, the nut and some sea salt.
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Too bad we don't have Trader Joe in Canada.
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