Great Value Creamy Peanut Butter, 40 oz — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Great Value Creamy Peanut Butter, 40 oz by Great Value DUMP — score 20/90.

Peanut butter should be peanuts and salt. This one pads the jar with sugar, molasses, and — the dealbreaker — hydrogenated vegetable oil, which is trans-fat territory no matter what the per-serving rounding says. Cheap and smooth, but not worth it.

Why this verdict

• Hydrogenated vegetable oil (rapeseed, cottonseed, soybean) sits third on the list — trans-fat territory and an automatic disqualifier
• Multiple sweeteners detected — sweetness engineered, not simple: sugar plus molasses stacked on already-sweet roasted peanuts
• Mono- and diglycerides: an industrial emulsifier added so the oil never separates, which can itself carry trace trans fats
• '0g trans fat' on the label relies on rounding below 0.5g per serving while the trans-fat source is printed right in the ingredient list
• A two-ingredient food rebuilt with four processing ingredients — classic cheap-jar formulation

Ingredients (6)

• roasted peanuts (safe) — The good part: protein, fiber, and mostly unsaturated fats.
• Sugar (moderate) — Commonly used sweetener but contributes empty calories.
• Hydrogenated vegetable oil (rapeseed, cottonseed, soybean) (avoid) — Hydrogenation creates trans fats, linked to heart disease; added purely to keep the spread from separating.
• Salt (moderate) — ~260mg sodium per packet — sweet AND salty is the palatability play.
• molasses (moderate) — Sugar source five. Five sweeteners is a system, not a recipe.
• Mono- and diglycerides (caution) — Industrial emulsifier keeping the fat layers from separating.

Healthier alternatives

• Skippy Peanut Butter
• Tesco Clear Honey