Peanut butter (was: Bananas OT)

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> there is no [dairy] butter in

> peanut butter. It's basically

> peanuts put into a blender.

> ...

OK, Joe but it is has more than twice

the calories of the fattest cheese

and would have to be used like butter

or margarine, just a smear on a slice

of bread, right? You wouldn't put

peanut butter and milk butter on the

same piece of bread - or would you?

> In Europe, most peanut butter

> (smooth or crunchy) available in

> the stores is manufactured in Great

> Britain or The Netherlands BUT they

> include glucose/sugar in almost

> every brand.

Yes, of course they would have to.

That is to stop the product decaying

in the jar. How else would they

preserve it? I bet that the stuff

sold in the USA also has sugar mixed

with it, even if that is not declared

on the label (it might be stated as a

preservation additive), otherwise

it would have too short a shelf life

for normal stores.

> For the absolute best stuff, one

> needs to find a natural health store

> which makes its own.

I see that peanut butter has no fiber

in it at all whereas plain peanuts

eaten with the brown husk on the

outside (not the shell) are said to

have 11-12 grams of fiber per 100 g

peanuts and the whole shelled peanuts

have 10% less calories than the

peanut butter for the same weight.

Do the " health " stores remove the

brown husks? They would be throwing

out the healthy part!

Nutrionally, therefore it would be

better to eat the fresh peanuts

whole, and not more than about

30 grams of them (1 oz) at a time

if you are on a calorie-reduced diet!

I wonder how may good intentioned

slimmers have been led astray by

sugar-loaded peanut butter?