Comments on: Skimpy Peanut Butter — Part 2

By: linda

linda — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:26:00 +0000

Now we have to be concerned about all the pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc., used on the peanuts, that were banned in this country
twenty-five years ago. Not to mention any unsanitary conditions. Are
we paying GA farmers NOT to grow peanuts now? If I ever see made in
China on a jar, that’s when I stop eating Skippy peanut butter
for good.

By: Bud

Bud — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:38:13 +0000

Cherri, I don’t know if it’s the same in the US, but, in Canada around 2002, Skippy and Kraft both started culling peanut oil from the peanut butter and replacing it with cheaper soybean oil, giving it a horrible, grassy smell and flavor. The difference in taste was dramatic and I stopped buying it. Soybean oil is the second ingredient before sugar in Kraft/Skippy peanut butter sold in Canada (This is besides the hydrogenated oils that are added as emulsifiers.) Thankfully, Peter Pan hasn’t followed the same route.

By: David Ferris

David Ferris — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:54:09 +0000

My grocery store prints the unit price (price per ounce for example) as well as the product price on the shelf under the product display. This makes a decrease in the product weight for the same price obvious since the unit price increases. Don’t most grocery stores do this?

Edgar replies: Many stores have unit pricing, but to detect a change in the price per ounce, the shopper would have had to memorize what it was previously. I don’t know any shopper who does that.

By: Kathy Kelley

Kathy Kelley — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:49:51 +0000

The idea that the consumer should ‘keep track’ of sizes and prices paid for products is ludicrous! How many people actually know for EACH PRODUCT they purchase the size and comparable price of the item. How much time would it take to track and then cross-check these amounts? Women mostly work outside the home and are hard pressed to even get their marketing, cooking and other duties done and still have time for their children and –sometimes–for themselves! We all purchase dozens of products per week!
As far as palm and other tropical oils, it turns out that the American Food industry put the kabash on tropical oils claiming health risks due to them. If you read up on these tropicals, it turns out that they are actually healthier in the long-run than other oils.
For the BEST peanut butter, that DOES taste as good as the ‘old days’ patronize your local health-food or organic local store and get the fresh ground product. You can also take your own jars and get a price break [at least I do at Food Mill in Oakland]. You also get to pick smooth, crunchy, salted or no salt. These local ‘health’ stores do not put additives, do not hide the fact that their product, even specifically aimed at children, has salmonella, etc. The large corporate food distributors are not as invested in their customers as local, smaller stores. Use of local distributors, growers also reduces gas use, carbon emissions and other social ills.

By: John

John — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:25:53 +0000

Good, I hope you enjoy your Jif and the trans fat it has in it.