Good & Gather Creamy Peanut Butter — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Good & Gather Creamy Peanut Butter by Good & Gather DUMP — score 17/90.

This is a near carbon-copy of Jif: roasted peanuts propped up with sugar, molasses, and fully hydrogenated vegetable oil. That hardstock oil exists only to stop the natural peanut oil from separating, which is a shelf-appeal trick, not food quality. Real peanut butter needs peanuts and maybe salt, nothing more.

Why this verdict

• Fully hydrogenated vegetable oil present — an industrial hardstock fat with no place in real peanut butter
• Sweetened twice, with sugar and molasses, in a product that should just be peanuts
• NOVA 4 ultra-processed formulation mirroring the national-brand Jif recipe
• The emulsifying oil is purely cosmetic, added to prevent natural oil separation

Ingredients (5)

• roasted peanuts (safe) — The one ingredient a peanut butter actually needs; good protein and healthy fats.
• Sugar (moderate) — Small added sweetener to balance acidity; minor at salsa portions.
• molasses (safe) — Adds color and flavor but is still a sugar — fourth sweetener source.
• Fully hydrogenated vegetable oil (avoid) — Industrially hardened fat used as a stabilizer; a processing signal that keeps this out of the clean category regardless of the label.
• Salt (moderate) — Main sodium source; keep an eye on it if you use large amounts.

Healthier alternatives

• Teddie Unsalted Peanut Butter
• Creamy Salted Peanut Butter
• Old fashioned peanut butter all natural super chunky
• Simple Truth Organic Creamy Peanut Butter
• Good & Gather Organic Creamy Peanut Butter