Powdered Peanut Butter?

PB2 aka Powdered Peanut Butter is something my sister in law introduced me to.

I just ordered some and thought I’d share what I know about it with you.

From the container: “Superior quality peanuts are first slow roasted then pressed to remove the fat and oil. The result is an exquisitely natural roasted peanut butter flavor that’s deliciously rich in taste, easy to enjoy and wonderfully healthy.”

What you do to create traditional peanut butter from this powder is simply mix it with water. 

The greatest part about this product is that it has 85% less fat calories than traditional peanut butter.  Two tablespoons of PB2 has only 45 calories, 1.5 grams of fat (zero grams of which are saturated) and still contains 2 grams of fiber and 5 grams of protein.  The ingredients are roasted peanuts, sugar and salt. 

The only difference when compared to natural peanut butter is the addition of sugar. The natural peanut butter I have on hand is Adams crunchy peanut butter and this product contains only peanuts and salt and in two tablespoons you will get 200 calories, 16 grams of fat (2.5 grams of which are saturated), 2 grams of fiber and 7 grams of protein.  Both products contain only 1 gram of sugar.

So which is better?  Well I love the taste of my natural peanut butter but today I mixed some PB2 and it wasn’t too bad. I may have to get used to the taste like I once had to when I switched from Jif to natural peanut butter.

Another great thing about PB2 is the variety of ways you can use it.  You can add a scoop to your favorite smoothie or protein shake or even sprinkle some on ice cream.  Visit www.bellplantation.com for many more recipe ideas. 

Oh and one more thing, PB2 also has a chocolate powdered peanut butter which adds the ingredient cocoa powder – a delicious way to get in some more antioxidants.

And a final side note, Bell Plantation (makers of PB2) takes the oil they press from the peanuts, bottle it up and sell it, so there is virtually no waste! So what do you think? Will you try some?  You can order it from the website above or on Amazon.