GOODY Creamy Peanut Butter — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates GOODY Creamy Peanut Butter by GOODY DUMP — score 17/90.

It's mostly peanuts, but it's spiked with fully hydrogenated vegetable oil and added sugar, which drags an otherwise simple spread down to a hard DUMP.

Why this verdict

• Fully hydrogenated vegetable oil added purely to stop natural oil separation
• Sugar is the #2 ingredient, ahead of any reason to be in peanut butter
• Industrial stabilizing fat turns a naturally clean food into a processed one
• Real peanut butter needs only peanuts and salt; this needs neither sugar nor hardened oil

Ingredients (4)

• Fresh Roasted Peanuts (safe) — Whole nuts delivering protein, fiber, magnesium, and healthy unsaturated fats; the genuinely good part of the jar.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed, Cottonseed and Soybean) (harmful) — Industrially hardened fat added to prevent oil separation; a processed fat your body has no good use for and a hallmark of ultra-processing.
• Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.

Healthier alternatives

• ALPINO Natural Peanut Butter Crunch
• Meridian Smooth Peanut Butter
• The Butternut Co. Peanut Butter Creamy Unsweetened
• MuscleBlaze bGREEN Peanut Butter
• Smucker's Natural Creamy Peanut Butter