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Jif Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter

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Ingredients · 6

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Nutrition facts

NutrientPer 100gPer serving
Calories593.75 kcal196 kcal
Fat50 g16.5 g
Saturated fat6.25 g2.06 g
Carbohydrates25 g8.25 g
Sugars9.38 g3.1 g
Fiber2 g0.66 g
Protein21.88 g7.22 g
Sodium0.33 g0.11 g
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Common questions

Is Jif Peanut Butter healthy?

Jif Peanut Butter scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 1g fiber, 7g protein and 3g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Jif Peanut Butter?

Jif Peanut Butter lists 6 ingredients, starting with Roasted Peanuts and Sugar, Molasses, Fully Hydrogenated Rapeseed Oil, Fully Hydrogenated Soybean Oil and Mono and Diglycerides. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

How many calories are in Jif Peanut Butter?

196 kcal per serving, or 594 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Jif Peanut Butter on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does Jif Peanut Butter contain seed oils?

Yes. Jif Peanut Butter lists Fully Hydrogenated Rapeseed Oil and Fully Hydrogenated Soybean Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Jif Peanut Butter?

Jif Peanut Butter is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Jif Peanut Butter compare to other nut & seed butters?

At 5/100 Jif Peanut Butter scores worse than most nut & seed butters we have scored. A higher-scoring option in nut & seed butters is Teddie Smooth Old Fashioned All Natural Peanut Butter at 100/100.

Is Jif Peanut Butter organic?

Jif Peanut Butter is not certified organic in our data.

Has Jif Peanut Butter been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Jif Peanut Butter, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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