Peter Pan Honey Roast Creamy Peanut & Honey Spread — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Peter Pan Honey Roast Creamy Peanut & Honey Spread by Peter Pan DUMP — score 17/90.
It's called a 'spread,' not peanut butter, for a reason: partially hydrogenated oil plus two doses of added sugar and honey turn roasted peanuts into candy.
Why this verdict
- Hydrogenated vegetable oil (cottonseed/rapeseed), an industrial trans-fat-risk fat
- Three sweetening passes: sugar in the peanut base, added sugar, plus honey
- Legally a 'spread,' not peanut butter, because sugar/oil dilute the peanuts
- Added sugar is the dominant non-peanut ingredient, spiking the carb load
Ingredients (7)
- roasted peanuts (safe) — The one ingredient a peanut butter actually needs; good protein and healthy fats.
- Sugar (in peanut butter base) (concerning) — Added sugar baked into the base before any honey is even counted.
- Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils (Cottonseed and Rapeseed) (harmful) — Industrially hardened oil used as a stabilizer; carries trans-fat risk and has no nutritional upside. A hard disqualifier in any food.
- molasses (moderate) — A second sweetener for color and flavor. Minor, but it stacks on top of the sugar.
- Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.
- Sugar (added again, standalone) (concerning) — A second, separate dose of refined sugar on top of the sugar already in the base.
- honey (moderate) — A pure natural sweetener - roughly 80% sugars; clean but calorically dense, use sparingly.