The pros: Trader Joe's Creamy Salted Peanut Butter is real peanut butter with nothing added beyond salt and peanuts.
The cons: My jar had a substantial amount of oil at the top that never really mixed well with the rest of the product. Product mentions that you should refrigerated after opening.
The verdict: For $2.29 you are getting a true stick-to-the-roof-of-your-mouth peanut butter. Trader Joe's Creamy Salted Peanut Butter is just two ingredients: peanut and salt. However, my peanut butter container seemed to come with a bonus. There was a large oil slick on the top of my container. I tried mixing it in to no avail. Perhaps, I'll start saving it to fry a turkey in, but I'm not sure.
Oddly enough, this product says "refrigerate after opening." I'm not sure that I've seen this on a peanut butter container. Then again, this only has two ingredients. Every other peanut butter I've tried has had a longer list.
In fact, most peanut butters I've grown up with have at least one sweet element to them. This has none which might be a shock to your system. This peanut butter is very sticky, so use in moderation. I think the sweetness in many commercial peanut butters is to cut back on the sticky nature.
This is a difficult product to have a conversation while eating. Otherwise, a tasty peanut butter, but not a must have. It's good, but didn't amaze me. It's worth a try once.
Here is the visual rundown of what you can expect if you purchase this item:
The jar of Trader Joe's Creamy Salted Peanut Butter:
The nutritional information and ingredients:
Opened I noticed a the top of mine had quite of bit of oil to it:
Would I buy this again? For me, it was good. Not sure if I'll buy it again. I was almost missing that slight sweetness to other peanut butters.
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Bonnie Edens says
This is my favorite Peanut butter. I buy several jars at a time. I store them upside down in the pantry. This gets the oil slick to work its way to the bottom of the jar, making the stirring process a bit easier.
It does take a bit of effort and time to incorporate the oil into the Peanut butter, but I've done it one handed (other in a sling) so it can be done.
Refrigerating it keeps it from separating once mixed, and also gives it a more spreadable consistency. It doesn't have added hydrogenated oil so it's never going to be as thick as Peanut butters that are.
becomebetty says
Thanks for sharing Bonnie!
Brooke Russo says
It's sticky, so use in moderation?
becomebetty says
If you take a hand mixer on low with 1 beater, then you can get it to normal peanut butter consistency especially if it separated.
Patience says
I used to love this peanut butter. No sugar, no hydrogenated oil, no palm oil. The problem is, the last two years it has had an excessive amount of oil in it. I really wish they would use the original recipe with less oil.
becomebetty says
I agree! Thanks for sharing!