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Processed peanut butter: texture?
I've been eating peanut butter from my college's main dining hall, but there aren't any nutritional facts available for it. I'm just wondering if there's a way to distinguish natural peanut butter from processed peanut butter by its texture. The peanut butter there is pretty soft and creamy and looks oily, so I suspect that it might be processed.
If the peanut butter is processed, it contains hydrogenated oils, which I want to avoid.
1 Answer
- Mr. SmartypantsLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Most peanut butter has added fat to keep it from separating. The 'natural' kind has to be stirred up w\hen it's first opened, and the stored in the refrigerator. I like the natural stuff but I don't like it cold, so I stir it every time. I don't think the kitchen in a college dining hall would do that, I think they'd used the oil-added kind.
The processed stuff is smoother and creamier, but I don't know if it would always be easy to tell the difference. I'd guess it was the processed kind though.
Why don't you ask one of the workers to go in back and find out for you? It will say on the container.