Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter

Name: Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter
Brand: Santa Cruz Organic

18Avoid

Breakdown

Processed · 2 contaminants flagged · 1 ingredient to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Santa Cruz Organic Dark Roasted Peanut Butter

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−65

cadmium−56

arsenic−9

Ingredients

−13

organic palm oil−13

Processing

−5

NOVA 3: processed−5

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

Rounding+1

Final score18

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Santa Cruz Organic Dark Roasted Peanut Butter

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium78 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 16×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter

Arsenic9 ppbof 10 ppb

90% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter

LeadNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter

Ingredients · 3

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Common questions

Is Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter healthy?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter scores 18/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Santa Cruz Organic Dark Roasted Peanut Butter. 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 Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter lists 3 ingredients, starting with Organic Roasted Peanuts, Organic Palm Oil and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter compare to other nut & seed butters?

At 18/100 Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter scores worse than most nut & seed butters we have scored. A higher-scoring option in nut & seed butters is Good & Gather Organic Stir Crunchy Peanut Butter at 100/100.

Is Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter organic?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter is not certified organic in our data.

Has Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Organic dark roasted peanuts, salt, sometimes a little palm oil; no other nut or seed) with the other products in its family, Santa Cruz Organic Dark Roasted Peanut Butter, and 2 products in its family have been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter contain heavy metals?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 9 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter and cadmium at 78 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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