How is natural peanut butter different than conventional peanut butter?
Why does it separate?
Can you bake with it?
Megan Gordon
Get answers to all these questions and more!
Choosing a peanut butter used to be as simple as creamy or crunchy, Jif or Skippy.
Whether you’re ready to ditch Jif and tryJustin’s(andwe have thoughts on that!
Megan Gordon
What Is Natural Peanut Butter?
Natural peanut butter containsjust peanuts and salt(and sometimes not even the salt).
No fully hydrogenated vegetable oils, no sugar both of which are found in conventional peanut butters.
Megan Gordon
Why Do Some People Prefer Natural Peanut Butter?
What causes someone to skip out on the Skippy and ride a train in the natural lane?
Why Does Natural Peanut Butter Separate?
Megan Gordon
What About Palm Oil?
It’s instead apeanut butter spread.
(Semantics, man!)
Aaron Hutcherson
And so we come to palm oil.
Some natural peanut butters contain palm oil, or palm fruit oil, in their list of ingredients.
In other words,palm oil is basically the way to get a no-stir natural peanut butter.
What Is the Best Way to Stir Natural Peanut Butter?
Why am I even asking this question, you may wonder?
Isn’t stirring … stirring?
Yes, well done on your stirring knowledge!
It’s also time-consuming to get it all mixed together.
Will the Peanut Butter Re-Separate?
How Should I Store It?
How Long Does Natural Peanut Butter Last?
Oh wait, you mean like last in the jar, without eating it?
Sorry, my brain totally cannot compute that concept.
But if forced, I’ll say what the National Peanut Boardsays: 6 months in the refrigerator.
Aaron Hutcherson
Can I Substitute Natural Peanut Butter for Regular in Recipes?
Like many things, it all depends on what you’re making.
For most instances other than baking, substituting natural peanut butter for conventional should be absolutely fine.
