QUOTE(jeyakumar @ Apr 25 2020, 12:53 AM)
Please correct me if I'm wrong. But there is a huge difference between like the widely available Peanut Spread (I think brands like Daisy and JIF) and real pure peanut butter.
Peanut spread means the main ingredient is margarine (hydrogenated palm oil) and then they use peanut flavouring and sugar and salt and chemical emulsifiers. But it will taste great because it was engineered to hit all the pleasure receptors in your tongue. If you look at all the cheap foods, they taste better than real foods. Those peanut butter cookies, etc all use the cheapest peanut spread.
When I look at the peanut butter in shops, most (but not all) are adding hydrogenated palm oil and other chemicals. I was surprised that the normal Skippy has this as well.
I'm told that Tesco's pure peanut butter is pure though and is much cheaper than Jobbie.
i'm not sure the same rule apply here in m'sia as well, but what is said is basically correct in som countries.
that's y when shopping, read & study the ingredients, or pay close attention to these marketing "wordplay".
got different y som can only market as "peanut spread", while som is "peanut butter".
it's same like y for instance, the mister potato market it's packet as "chips", while the other 1 is "crisps".
fun fact: it's "potato crisps" cuz potato is not the main or majority. ingredient.
bck to peanut butter, honestly i dun really mind if it's substitutes or the real deal ingredients, provided it's safe.
for me, i'm ok wit even lab grown food, as long as safe & taste as good or better.
but c'mon, it's peanut butter. food that ain't exactly known for being healthy.
just pick your favorite 1, & dont over eat.
no point choosing the ass tasting healthier alternative just so i can taste the shit more often?
no thx, i rather taste the good stuff once a while instead.