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I just found this stuff called PB2 on amazon. I am thinking about trying it. 45 call per serving only 13 from fat and 1 gram of sugar 94 on the sodium... only three ingredients Peanuts, sugar and salt. Look ma I can read this! I want to know what you think. My kids eat PBJs everyday and I have been desperate for a better alternative. I've tried McDougall's drain out the standing oil and replace with water trick and it was just awful with a very small benefit... my kids kept asking what was wrong with it. I even blended white beans in a paste with a touch of sugar and flaxseed... its uhhh OK... (not really for kids), but I think this PB2 might work. Is it 'healthy' and has anyone tasted the stuff?

My coworker had some of that. She mixed it and I tried it. It was gross. It tasted like peanut butter very watered down and filtered. When we use peanut butter, we used the kind you grind yourself so the only ingredient is peanuts. I would also never be able to give the processed stuff to my son.

It was discussed on this forum a few months ago so you might find some answers in this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=28922

If you go to the search function above and put in PB2 you'll find lots more discussions about it.

I tried a pb2 search, but I must not have done it right, thanks.

Here you go -- you have to use the search function in the orange tool bar above, not the smaller search function in the line below the toolbar.

http://www.google.com/search?domains=dr ... 8&oe=UTF-8

I've used PB2 and like it best when I add a tablespoon of the powder to my oatmeal. I've also made into peanut butter for my husband and it came out well...need to get the right ratio of powder to water for right consistency. For me I will only allow using as flavor/condiment as it was one of my trigger foods.

Cheers

There's a local company here that uses really high quality peanuts and makes it here. I worry that there might be a link between the aflatoxin (even in the low doses that the USDA allows) and peanut allergies. For that matter I wonder if that could be part of the reason there are so many people that have gluten issues now too. The same stuff is found on whole grains due to storing them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aflatoxin

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/QAA115491

Thank you everyone... I really appreciate the responses and the articles you linked to. It was insightful and helpful.

Not to sound rude, but what's wrong with just regular peanut butter? One ingredient: peanuts. It's the healthiest you'll find, unless you go with other nut/seed butters.

Good question. PB2 has as much expeller pressed oil taken out of it as possible. Everything else is left in it. So the nutrient ratio to calorie density goes way up compared to regular peanut butter and the % of fat (McDougall doesn't like Peanut butter for this reason... peanuts by themselves might be culprits too if over consumed) is greatly reduced. PB2 does have two other ingredients, sure. If that is a concern there are other powdered peanut butters on the market with just one ingredient (peanuts) but they just haven't gotten ro removing as much of the fat (they still do have less fat). Either way this is probably not something that should be eaten every day, but perhaps could be accepted as an occasional luxury.... and in the case of my kids it my be a life saver in trying to pull them away from their everyday high fat pbj's. It sometimes is serioiusly only thing I can get them to eat - I am at the point of banning the stuff from the home for a few days to see if they (I) can survive. Its been hard, we're doing it, but it's sooo hard. Especially for the three year old.

I'm not sure what the McDougall take on it is, but personally I feel safer eating a little extra plant-based fat than extra refined sugar. I don't eat it often, and I'm currently trying to maintain my weight, not lose it, but I don't personally see a processed food with fat removed but sugar added as a better alternative regardless. Especially since sugar promotes weight gain as well.

PB2 adds sugar and salt to their product. I'll stick with 100% peanuts

Yeah that's what I was commenting on. I was saying I personally wouldn't use PB2 for that reason either. I much prefer my 100% ground almonds almond butter. There is no reason nut butters need this stuff added to them!

My wife had made me a PB sandwich using peanut butter my mother had given her... I immediately noticed that it was a "brand name" product... sugar, corn dextrin, hydrogenated oil, salt... it was so gross.

There's a jar of one of those popular brand name peanut butters in the work breakroom right now. It boasts "Natural" on the label. I of course turned it over and read the back and it's loaded with sugar and added oil and all that junk. The sad thing is someone bought that thinking it would be healthier because it sad "Natural" on the front.