Is sunbutter worse or better for you than peanut butter?

[Anonymous]

Is Sunbutter worse or better for you than peanut butter? I feed DC pb&j a lot and I’m generally okay with that. Eating at a nut-free facility a lot lately so have been switching to sunbutter and jelly and wondering if the increased frequency of sunbutter is bad. How does it compare?

[Anonymous]

It depends on what type you are buying, of each. The original Sunbutter has added sugar. Some peanut butters have added palm oils.

Whichever variation you have access to that doesn’t have added sugar or palm oils is best for you. You can get that in both sunbutter and peanut butter- in which case, they are equally heathy for you in their naturalist form.

[Anonymous]

Sunflower seed butter has a bit less protein than peanut butter. Otherwise I think they are fairly interchangeable, as long as you’re looking at added sugars, oils, etc.

My holistic nutritionist friend said peanuts are known to exacerbate mold sensitivity and contain mycotoxins. I still eat PB— but interestingly, PB tends to hurt my DD’s stomach. She eats sunflower butter (Nature’s Promise brand from Giant—it has only 1g added sugar and she likes the texture more than Sunbutter brand).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends on what type you are buying, of each. The original Sunbutter has added sugar. Some peanut butters have added palm oils.

Whichever variation you have access to that doesn’t have added sugar or palm oils is best for you. You can get that in both sunbutter and peanut butter- in which case, they are equally heathy for you in their naturalist form.

+1 There's many kinds of peanut butter---depends on whether you get the low-fat, the low-sugar or the healthy PB2 type that has limited oil.

[Anonymous]

Sun "butter" is absolutely disgusting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends on what type you are buying, of each. The original Sunbutter has added sugar. Some peanut butters have added palm oils.

Whichever variation you have access to that doesn’t have added sugar or palm oils is best for you. You can get that in both sunbutter and peanut butter- in which case, they are equally heathy for you in their naturalist form.

Palm oil is a solid at room temperature. If you want peanut butter that isn't peanut soup, you need palm oil or a hydrogenated oil.

[Anonymous]

Sunflower seed butter has a bit less protein than peanut butter. Otherwise I think they are fairly interchangeable, as long as you’re looking at added sugars, oils, etc.

My holistic nutritionist friend said peanuts are known to exacerbate mold sensitivity and contain mycotoxins. I still eat PB— but interestingly, PB tends to hurt my DD’s stomach. She eats sunflower butter (Nature’s Promise brand from Giant—it has only 1g added sugar and she likes the texture more than Sunbutter brand).

[Anonymous]

They're both good for you as long as you eat the real stuff.