Homemade Peanut Butter?

[Glory]

@Bosstone

Just out of curiosity, I took a look at my jar of Skippy, and while it definitely lists partially hydrogenated oils including rapeseed and the other non-peanuty-goodness stuff, the nutrition label does say 0 grams of trans fat. No HFCS either, just plain sugar.

Not to say it’s any healthier or better than natural PB, but it’s good to know it’s not quite filled with the really gross stuff.

“Food manufacturers are allowed to list amounts of trans fat with less than 0.5 gram (1/2 g) as 0 (zero) on the Nutrition Facts panel. As a result, consumers may see a few products that list 0 gram trans fat on the label, while the ingredient list will have “shortening” or “partially hydrogenated vegetable oil” on it. This means the food contains very small amounts (less than 0.5 g) of trans fat per serving.”

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/qatrans2.html#s3q3

There is a lot of rounding in food labeling.

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/flg-5-2.html

[Bosstone]

Ah, thank you. Good to know.

[ZenBeam]

When I grind my own, I let the oil separate out and remove about half of it with no ill effects. More than that and it will be dry and hard to spread.

I do this also, with store-bought natural peanut butter. I remove about four spoonfuls from a pint-sized jar to get the right thickness.

[Critical1]

@Glory

“Food manufacturers are allowed to list amounts of trans fat with less than 0.5 gram (1/2 g) as 0 (zero) on the Nutrition Facts panel. As a result, consumers may see a few products that list 0 gram trans fat on the label, while the ingredient list will have “shortening” or “partially hydrogenated vegetable oil” on it. This means the food contains very small amounts (less than 0.5 g) of trans fat per serving.”

this is why (one reason anyway) that you get crackhead portions on food containers, 1 12oz can of pop is usually considered 2 servings on the label but for 99% of the human race its 1.

snackwell cookies have some devils food chocolate cookies with a similar listing, 0 fat but iirc the serving size is one cookie.