stenAanden2d ago

Peanut butter

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Show threadMelllvar2d ago
…are non-US peanut butters less viscous?
Show threadKoboldCoterie
Non-US peanut butters typically have only one ingredient (peanuts) and therefore you get peanut oil separating out that needs to be stirred in. American peanut butter (at least the ‘popular’ brands) tend to be so full of preservatives and shit that they hold their state.
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Show threadlemmyman2d ago

Here’s the full list of ingredients for Jif:

Made from Roasted Peanuts and Sugar, Contains 2% or Less of: Molasses, Fully Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed and Soybean), Mono and Diglycerides, Salt.

www.foodsco.net/p/…/0005150024191

It’s not just peanuts but it’s not really “preservatives and shit” either.

Show threadEinskjaldi2d ago
Incorrect, hydrogenated is a synthesis artificial process that chemically alters them and turns them into dryer texture but it’s less healthy and more artificial. I avoid it.
Show threadFrenchgeek2d ago
That’s a bubbler leaking hydrogen while submerged in the oil, and it’s mostly a fancy word for margarine.
Show threadZoteTheMighty1d ago
The vegetable oils are saturated fats, which will mix with the peanut oil, but solidify at room temperature. That and the sugar are doing the leg work on keeping the peanut butter from separating. So yeah, saturated fats and sugar are unhealthy additives specifically for preserving the peanut butter. What exactly is your definition of a preservative?
Show threadricecake1d ago

Preservative refers to a substance that inhibits spoilage, decay, discoloration or other drops in quality.
It’s one way to increase shelf life.

A stabilizer isn’t a preservative because oil separation doesn’t impact quality, shelf life or anything like that.

Show threadyogurt1d ago
Peanuts already have saturated fat, the vegetable oils are better on that than the peanuts.
Show threada_non_monotonic_function2d ago
No salt? XD
Show threadEphera2d ago
You can get some brands which have a pinch of salt added, but in my experience, most brands don’t…
Show threada_non_monotonic_function2d ago
Of the pure pbs, I’ve found several. I think Richards and Kroger do.
Show threadteyrnon1d ago
There is definitely salt in my aldi peanut butter, and a lot of sugar, I can tell just by taste without checking the label.
Show threaddandelion2d ago

it’s not the preservatives, it’s the hydrogenated oils that are added - basically they substitute some of the peanut oil that would separate out for oils that won’t separate (and stay hard, like a butter or like margarine)

even the “healthy” no-stir peanut butters do this