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Pure peanut butters, from least to most processed

We track 9 pure peanut butters, 22% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Creamy crémeux.

What makes pure peanut butters ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of pure peanut butters that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (5)

  1. 1 Creamy crémeux Naturalia 1
  2. 2 100% Peanut Butter, crunchy Maribel · 1 kg 1
  3. 3 Smooth Peanut Butter The Food Market · 470 g 1
  4. 4 Ekologiskt jordnötssmör, smooth utan salt ICA i❤️eco · 350 g 1
  5. 5 Smooth Peanut Butter Mayver's 1

Processed food (2)

  1. 6 organic CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER Simple Truth · 15 oz 3
  2. 7 Organic Smooth Peanut Butter Aldi · 454 g 3

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 8 Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Whole Earth drizzler 4
  2. 9 Cocoa & Peanut Protein Plant Powder Pb2 Performance · 32 oz 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.