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If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

ical — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:04:58 GMT

Which would you pick? You only have two choices (let's pretend you need a plant-based protein in your diet and you have these two choices):

This one? http://www.walmart.com/ip/Teddie-Super-Chunky-Old-Fashioned-All-Natural-Peanut-Butter-16-oz/34017470

Or this one? http://www.walmart.com/ip/Jif-Extra-Crunchy-Peanut-Butter-16-oz/25847557

Both are 16 ounces.

Here are the ingredients for Jif:

MADE FROM ROASTED PEANUTSAND SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MOLASSES, FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (RAPESEED AND SOYBEAN),

http://www.jif.com/products/extra-crunchy-peanut-butter

Here are the ingredients for Teddie's Peanut Butter:

Peanuts (with or without salt, with or without flaxseed, with or without seasalt)

http://www.buyteddieonline.com/nutrition.html

Walmart pricing:

Jif $2.78

Teddie $2.98

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Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

millieshops — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:16:51 GMT

I've never liked Jif, so I guess I'd try the Walmart - assuming I can't choose my usual brand.

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

Roni — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:20:18 GMT

I'd choose the Teddie.... fewer ingredients =better

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

Meezerpleezer — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:21:05 GMT

I would never eat any of Walmart's private labels. Of the 2 choices, it would have to be Jif.

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

BigOrangeKitty — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:24:31 GMT

I won't buy Jiff since it was on a recall list a while ago.

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

ical — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:44:03 GMT

On 10/6/2014 millieshops said:
I've never liked Jif, so I guess I'd try the Walmart - assuming I can't choose my usual brand.

You misread the post. There are two choices, Jif or Teddie.

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

ical — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:44:54 GMT

On 10/6/2014 meezerpleezer said:
I would never eat any of Walmart's private labels. Of the 2 choices, it would have to be Jif.

You misread the post. There are two choices, Jif or Teddie (which has nothing to do with Walmart).

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

ical — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:45:29 GMT

On 10/6/2014 Roni said:
I'd choose the Teddie.... fewer ingredients =better

True, unless it's a stick of Crisco, lol!

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

RainyDayGal — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:46:19 GMT

Based on the ingredients, I would go with Teddie's.

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

ical — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:46:32 GMT

On 10/6/2014 BigOrangeKitty said:
I won't buy Jiff since it was on a recall list a while ago.

I didn't know that…thanks.

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

ical — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:47:01 GMT

On 10/6/2014 RedConvertibleGirl said:
Based on the ingredients, I would go with Teddie's.

I would too. Easier to digest, too, I bet!

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

emmysmom — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:47:39 GMT

Teddies!

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

ChynnaBlue — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:52:32 GMT

I wouldn't buy either. I don't like chunky peanut butter.

If you picked smooth, I'd go with the JIF. I don't like the natural peanut butter that has to be stirred before you can use it and the additional ingredients in the JIF don't bother me.

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

sunshine45 — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:55:01 GMT

neither......i want skippy or JIF, smooth please.

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

ical — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:55:04 GMT

On 10/6/2014 graceandmercy said:
Teddies!

Same here! And the peanuts are U.S.A. peanuts!

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

ical — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:01:11 GMT

On 10/6/2014 ChynnaBlue said:
I wouldn't buy either. I don't like chunky peanut butter.

If you picked smooth, I'd go with the JIF. I don't like the natural peanut butter that has to be stirred before you can use it and the additional ingredients in the JIF don't bother me.

That's why the sugar and hydrogenated fat is added, so it will be smooth and heavy.

It won't bother you, initially, the hydrogenated fat, it's a slow process and an accumulating affect on one's body. But it can happen fast, too.

It happened to me. I had my cholesterol levels taken and there was a spike for some reason. I don't eat hydrogenated fats or oils, but could not figure out why. Then I realized that the label on my coffee creamer said ZERO TRANS FATS, and I hadn't read the label to make sure. I was pouring lots in each cup of coffee, and I was drinking it daily, for months.

You see, the government allows ZERO TRANS FATS on the label (front ad) IF and only IF the amount of trans fats is a certain percent per serving. So even though it is not truly ZERO TRANS FATS, they can sneak it under the loop hole via the serving. I completely tossed it out and stopped drinking it, and forever reading the labels to make sure there was no hidden loopholes in the list.

By the way, I am not overweight, in fact, I eat all the time. The high cholesterol level has nothing to do with size or weight of individual, it has to do with what is eaten (and some genetic factors, as well, so they say).

Edited to add: And after tossing that coffee creamer, I ended up with great cholesterol levels!

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

ical — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:04:11 GMT

On 10/6/2014 sunshine45 said:
neither......i want skippy or JIF, smooth please.

Pretend it's smooth. Same ingredients.

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

sunshine45 — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:08:12 GMT

On 10/6/2014 ical said:
On 10/6/2014 sunshine45 said:
neither......i want skippy or JIF, smooth please.

Pretend it's smooth. Same ingredients.

LOL,well then you already know my answer.....

(although if i wanted to eat super chunky peanut butter i would rather just have the freshly roasted peanuts instead.....they are more satisfying)

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

foundinlv — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:10:54 GMT

Whole Foods has a number of grinding machines for customers to use and it's very good. There's one for just peanuts, another for cashew, another for almonds with choc bits. You just grab the container size you're interested in and press the on button and freshly ground peanut butter comes out.

Re: If you had to choose! Which jar of peanut butter (Walmart) would you buy & eat?

kitty60 — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:13:03 GMT

I'll also pretend it's smooth, Jiff!