Diet Food Reviews
Skippy Natural Peanut Butter
By: | Jul 31, 2007
In recent years peanut butter has gotten some mixed attention. Many have lauded its abundance of healthy unsaturated fats, protein, and fiber. However, others have criticized the commercially prepared varieties of peanut butter for its trans fats. Skippy Natural Peanut Butter has eliminated the trans fat from its products. Partially hydrogenated oils no longer appear on the ingredients list but there is palm oil, which is highly saturated.
Skippy Natural comes in the two essential textures: creamy and crunchy. I personally prefer the creamy for its spreadability on items with crevices, like rice cakes, but the crunchy variety seems to be more widely available and is just as tasty. Skippy Natural tastes just like the original, and there is no need to stir it as it doesn't separate.
The ingredients in Skippy Natural Peanut Butters are roasted peanuts, sugar, palm oil, and salt. Ideally, your peanut butter should contain just peanuts, but natural peanut butters such as those often separate. This means you have the untidy task of stirring in the oil to the blended peanuts.
But the nutrition - the nutrition ... each 2 tablespoon serving provides 180 calories and 16 grams of fat which is 25% of the RDA, of which 3.5 grams is saturated which is 18% of the RDA. There are also 7 grams of protein, and 6 grams of total carbohydrates which includes 2 grams of fiber (8% RDA) and 3 grams of sugar.
Expect to pay between $2-3 for a 16.3 oz jar. If you are a fan of natural products - and like peanut butter, then you might like to try this. For dieters ... I can think of a lot better ways to use up 180 calories.
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It may be 180 calories, but peanut butter (especially natural peanut butter) is pure bliss. Plus, as a vegetarian, I need the protein. It's great in oatmeal... or cold!
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i think its a must need for me . thats why i m asking u the cost of this valuable product . you havnt mentioned that
I hate how people try to justify peanut butter. It's not just the calories that aren't too great, but the fat content. Trying to convince yourself that 16 grams of fat is ok because it's from peanuts and you're getting a small amount of protein (7 grams is not that much at all) is ridiculous. I can list a plethora of foods, vegetarian nonetheless, that have more protein and a fraction of the fat- Delicious yet nutritious Boca burgers, Morningstar items, protein shakes, and nutrition bars (some with peanuts) will give you more protein than peanut butter which will give you a heart attack. I get so angry at parents who feed this junk to their kids. It's pathetic and lazy. Oh, and there is always Better 'n Peanut Butter. For 2.5 grams of fat and 100 calories, you can have 2 tablespoons with 4 grams of protein.
To the above poster...bettern'pb is pure junk. It has a negligible nutritional value and tastes quite terrible. Real peanut butter is a healthy indulgence that can fit into anyone's diet. I cannot see how you can justify saying someone is a bad parent for feeding a child peanut butter. It is affordable, easy to pack, and almost all children enjoy it. I'd rather feed anybody that than a normal school lunch any day. Also, it won't give you a heart attack. Almost all the fat is mono and poly unsat. with a teensy amount of saturated, so it won't clog your arteries. You need to get off of that nutritional high horse and deserve a smack of reality.
Thanks, yeah right. Of course, people shouldn't be eating peanut butter from the jar or anything like that. It's supposed to go on bread, or with apples, to round out some protein in your meal. The fat content is high, but as the above poster said, it's mostly unsaturated.
I also did not mean to make it sound like I get all my protein from peanut butter. As a marathon runner, I stay on top of the protein situation through soy milk, tofu, and beans. I actually don't go for the fake meat/patty/bar/shake things unless I'm desperate. So essentially, I don't think peanut butter is any more "junk"y than those.
My personal pet peeve regarding peanut butter is the fact most companies add sugar to it. Adam's is all natural and gets rid of the sugar, and it tastes so much better! Give it a try some time!
How can they call it "Peanut Butter" when the FDA regulations require that all oils (other than peanut oil) that are added MUST be partially hydrogenated or fullt hydrogenated. the Palm oil is not hydrogenated in any way. so thi slook slike a simple case of deliberate mis-branding.
Oh, I LOVE smucker's natural...no sugar, but there is still salt which I can't get myself to shy away from :)
Monounsaturated fat is *good for you.* In moderation, obviously, but people, especially vegetarians, need this kind of good fat in their diet. A single serving of peanut butter, even half a serving or just one tablespoon, is indeed healthy. Peanut butter is a whole food. I laugh at the fact that you recommend over-processed soyfoods such as boca and morningstar in its place. These are, in my opinion, much more "junky" than the peanut butter we buy at my house, which has one ingredient: peanuts. obviously vegetarians should not use soy-based foods, much less those heavily tampered with, soy-protein-isolate-containing ones that you mentioned, as their only or main source of protein!
I agree with the above posters: natural peanut butter is so much more nutritious than Better N PB. The truth is, it's NOT better because its chief ingredients are evaporated cane juice and stabilizers. Natural peanut butter is not junk--parents can feed it to their children without feeling guilty. On a side note to dieters worried about PB's dense calorie load, I perosnally like to eat PB in one tablespoon servings so as to keep calories in check.
Jill, did you know Adam's natural is a product of Smucker's? No one belives me when I say that, they all want to think its a small independant company. Smucker's wants you to belive that too. There IS no Adam!
I like Teddy peanut butter--roasted peanuts and not too much salt. If you are reading all these posts, then you obviously have a couple of minutes to spare to stir the separated oil back in. If you refrigerate it, it won't separate again.
I sent an e-mail to Skippy about palm oil added to "natural" PB. Natural PB separates, which is fine since I can decant the oil and injest fewer calories from fat. Even with the oil removed, natural PB spreads fine if heated slightly.
The fat in peanut butter is almost entirely monosaturated. This means that it is fat that is actually needed to burn fat. Additionally it protects the heart and other organs. When the human body does not get enough calories or fats, it goes into something referred commonly to as "starvation mode". This means that your body realizes its not getting enough nutrients and slows the metabolism to a halt to ensure that it survives until the next meal. In the case of skippy natural peanut butter, its the best I've tried as far as taste goes, and is definitely a part of anyones diet (fitness trainers, and dieticians alike).
Maryanne (above) is entirely misinformed about Nutrition. NOT ALL FAT IS BAD; it is the TYPE of fat that matters most. And peanut butter is not junk; it is a wonderfully nutritious, inexpensive, filling, and of course delicious food. And guess what, Maryanne? Nut consumption is linked to DECREASED risk of heart disease.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11368503
http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/2/133
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/288/20/2569
I would second the above comment - Palm oil is acutally a very good saturated fat for the body like coconut oil. Both are medium chain fatty acids which are liquid at room temperature, around 72 degrees. Your body is 98 degrees, therefore it remains a liquid that is easily passed through the body instead of stored. All other saturated fats are liquid well over 100 degrees, and therefore remain solid in the body and are stored as such.
Do your homework, people. The Phillipines acount for over 90% of the output of coconut products - it is the number one staple in their diets. This county also has the lowest heart disease rate of any other coutnry in the world - interesting...
to the person who wondered how they call it peanut butter when a certain % of oil must be hydrogenated-read the label bubba--it is called a "peanut butter spread"-duh!-'nuf said:)
I like natural PB because it has no added sugar, so Skippy "Natural" is useless to me. If you want PB with no added sugar, try Smuckers or Laura Scudders (both made by Smuckers, incidentally).
To the poster above who considers me "ridiculous," "pathetic" and "lazy," you don't know enough about my health to spit out such labels. As a mother-to-be with gestational diabetes, I'm under doctor's orders to eat more calories (my weight was dropping fast), get more unsat fats, and limit sugar and carbs. So natural PB has been a Godsend. Later, when I need to reduce calories again, I'll eat one tablespoon of PB instead of two. The point of sites like this is to give people tools to make good choices based on OUR individual situations. Just think how insulted you'd be, MaryAnne, if I recommended any of the products or medications it occurs to me might benefit your attitude.
Fat is NOT bad. It's the sugar. It's proven that people can't lose weight without eating fat, and babies brains can't develop without fat either. All of us need fat and carbs...but we don't need sugar. I for one have lost weight on peanut butter! Go off dairy and gluten, you'll be amazed how much weight you'll lose. And I eat constantly!
PS: I also recommend smart balance peanut butter...it tastes just as good as skippy natural without the sugar. They use molasses, which is loaded with trace minerals (and iron, perfect for a preg woman)!
love the skippy!
All my life, all I've known is how to eat Skippy. Skippy does it for me. Skippylicious, mmm, mmm, mmm. Skippy this, Skippy that... it's Skippy from morning, noon and night. Skippytastic I say!! Skippy the bush kangaroo even says so!!?
hahaha adler ur hilarious....smile!