Peanut Butter: Reviews

Updated November 2007
 

Best creamy peanut butter

Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter *Est. $2.40 for an 18-ounce jar Compare Prices
 
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Cook's Illustrated Magazine: In this report, Cook's Illustrated reviews nine peanut butters from six different brands. Editors base their findings on two ...

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: Cook's Illustrated is unbiased and thorough, using 20 staffers to taste eight peanut butters in this dated but still useful ...

St. Petersburg Times: This newspaper is owned by a charitable trust and thus has better resources than most newspapers its size, and it tries to do ...

Newsday.com: Newsday used eleven children ages 8 to 13 to taste-test eight creamy and eight chunky peanut butters spread on white bread, with ...

The Washington Post: The Washington Post subjects 19 smooth peanut butters to blind taste tests, although there isn't an indication of how many ...

Real Simple: Real Simple doesn't say how many tasters sampled the "top three best-selling brands and the best-selling natural brand." That ...

 

Best chunky peanut butter

Skippy Super Chunk Peanut Butter *Est. $2.40 for an 18-ounce jar Compare Prices
 
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Newsday.com: In this taste test, Newsday asks eleven children between the ages of 8 and 13 to taste eight creamy and eight chunky peanut ...

The Washington Post: The Washington Post and evaluated 15 chunky peanut butters in a blind taste test (didn't say how many tasters), with taste being ...

 

Best natural peanut butter

*Est. $3.20 for a 16-ounce jar Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: In this report, Cook's Illustrated reviews nine peanut butters from six different brands. Editors base their findings on two ...

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: Cook's Illustrated used 20 staffers to taste eight peanut butters in this dated but still useful review.

St. Petersburg Times: This newspaper article states that Smucker's comes in sixth out of 12 products, although the story doesn't say which Smucker's ...

Newsday.com: Newsday asked eleven kids to taste eight creamy and eight chunky peanut butters spread on white bread. Smucker's Natural Creamy ...

The Washington Post: The Washington Post taste tests 19 smooth peanut butters, with Smucker's Natural Creamy finishing third behind Simply Jif Creamy ...

Real Simple: Real Simple devotes a lot of space to food but doesn't say how many tasters sampled the "top three best-selling brands and the ...

 

Reduced-fat peanut butter

PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter *Est. $12 for four 6.7-oz. jars Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

TheNibble.com: TheNibble.com says it reviews are not influenced by advertising and this one reads like it isn't, although it's not a comparative ...

WeightWatchers.com: As with all message boards, this one is a mixed bag of people and opinions. Despite the thread's title, some Weight Watchers ...

Runner's World: Anyone can comment here regardless of qualifications, but Runner's World readers are often interested in nutrition and would be ...

Chowhound.com: A "chowhound" is different from a "foodie," supposedly, because a chowhound cares about a food's taste rather than a restaurant's ...

 

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