Even with all the media surrounding peanut allergies in kids, peanut butter still remains tops when it comes to sandwiches. Newsday put the eternal question to the test with 11 kids and got the answer to "What is the best peanut butter?" They tested 16 brands of peanut butter including store brands like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, and also controlled for crunchy and creamy preferences by testing them separately.
So who won out? As much as parents would love to have kids prefer natural peanut butters, national brand Skippy took first place in both creamy and crunchy categories, followed closely by Peter Pan and then Jif. For the full results, and more information about peanut butter in general, check out the Newsday article.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
9-06-2007 @ 2:56PM
Kevitivity said...
Yes, if you let kids decide, the winner will be the one with the most salt, the most sugar, and the most trans-fats.
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9-06-2007 @ 4:19PM
Kim said...
We prefer IMHealthy's honey creamy soy nut butter in our house.
Read a "back to school with allergies" round-up next week at Scrambled CAKE. http://chicagoparent.com/cs/blogs/cake/default.aspx
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9-06-2007 @ 7:57PM
Adriane said...
Kev-
It's probably not so much that they naturally gravitate towards bad food (foodie original sin?? haha) but rather toward what they were/are served at home- the familiar. Kids will ALWAYS go for what they know and enjoy. It'd be interesting to do this test with children that have not had PB yet before in their life...wonder if the findings would differ?
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9-06-2007 @ 10:46PM
MJ said...
JIF................no other!
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9-07-2007 @ 10:43AM
lam said...
How bout an alternative to peanut butter? Sun nut butter tastes just as good and will not be an issue to kids allergic to peanut butter. Try it!
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9-10-2007 @ 3:55PM
Patrick said...
I tend to stick to the "just nuts" butters as well, with no added sugar. For alternatives, I'm a big fan of cashew butter, although the pricetag tends to be on the steep side.
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9-13-2007 @ 7:00AM
raven said...
looks like we have the best of both worlds in our house. we use skippy "natural"...tastes great with a great price to go with it!
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9-13-2007 @ 7:34AM
ZUE said...
GO LOOK UP RAPE SEED. IT WILL SHOCK YOU, WHEN YOU READ WHAT DANGERS THIS SEED CAN DO TO YOU. YOU WILL SEE IT LISTED ON THE INGREDIENTS IN THE NAME BRAND PEANUT BUTTER. RAPE SEED IS THE OIL ADDED TO PEANUT BUTTER. SO DON'T LET YOUR CHILDREN CONSUME ANY PEANUT BUTTER WITH RAPE SEED IN ITS INGREDIENTS, ALSO KNOW AS CANOLA OIL. CHECK THE LABLE. IT SHOULD SAY MADE WITH PEANUTS. NOT ANYTHING ELSE ADDED
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9-13-2007 @ 7:52AM
Charlie said...
Soy Nut Butter around here. Can't tell from peanut butter and who needs the cholesterol!
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9-13-2007 @ 8:10AM
Hev said...
Those kids know what's good, I love Skippy as does my dad.
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9-13-2007 @ 8:20AM
NLegere said...
Frankly, in my house we all prefer store brand peanut butter. Can't stand honey in my pb! And anyone else remember the USDA peanut butter? Thick and tasty - and it was the best kind for making PB cookies!
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9-13-2007 @ 8:22AM
RD said...
Charlie, there's no cholesterol in peanut butter ... cholesterol comes only from animal sources.
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9-13-2007 @ 8:47AM
misternoodley said...
Adriane is right. When I was growing up, we switched from Skippy to Smuckers All-Natural (only natural peanut butter that was widely available way back then), and my sister and I weren't pleased at first. Didn't taste as sweet and all the oil sitting at the top prior to mixing looked gross. Within a year, I could no longer stand the sweet unnatural goop when I went to friends' homes - it already tasted like whipped chemicals to me, not peanuts, and I was just 10 or so. I still can't stand the fake stuff, even in peanut butter cups! I think what did the trick was when my mom put glops of the natural peanut butter on crisp tart apple slices (a treat my brain still thinks is weird, but my taste buds love). Try doing that with the fake peanut butter - for some reason, it's inedible.
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9-13-2007 @ 8:48AM
Addie said...
You are right NLegere about the USDA peanut butter for cookies. They were made at least once a week in our home. Today's highly priced brand names don't have the same hearty flavor. So I have stayed with natural. Just salt added. I am fortunate in that there is a local PB factory just a couple of miles from my home. So I buy it by the bucket knowing that it is always fresh. I still have to make those cookies for the family.
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9-13-2007 @ 8:50AM
Brandon said...
I perfer the brands that not been pulled off the self because it may kill me
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9-13-2007 @ 9:33AM
Dan said...
For the person who wrote this:
"We prefer IMHealthy's honey creamy soy nut butter in our house."
Well... la de da for you!
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9-13-2007 @ 9:53AM
cb said...
I don't think I've ever seen Skippy "Natural" in the stores here (Ocala, FL)...I'd like to try that. Also, half the peanut butter shelves are STILL empty since that recall many months ago. What's up with that??
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9-13-2007 @ 9:53AM
misternoodley said...
Wow, Dan. Getting wound up over peanut butter choices? Kind of weird.
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9-13-2007 @ 10:16AM
pattie said...
We also love Smuckers All Natural peanut butter. Anything else tastes like man-made chemicals to us. It's wonderful on toast!!! Yummm!!! Must go and make one now!
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9-13-2007 @ 10:21AM
jeh said...
I prefer the natural peanut butter, and so does my child. Trader Joe's is great, and so is Knudsen's, made right here in central Ohio. That fake stuff is so nasty! Give me the REAL peanut butter anyday!
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