Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter

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

35Avoid

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

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

Arsenic9 ppbof 10 ppb

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

LeadNDof 5 ppb

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

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Ingredients · 2

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Common questions

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

Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter scores 35/100 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. 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 Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter lists 2 ingredients, starting with Organic Roasted Peanuts 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 Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roasted 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 Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roasted 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 Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter compare to other nut & seed butters?

At 35/100 Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roasted 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 Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter organic?

Yes. Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

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

Yes. 4 substances in Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

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

Yes. A lab detected arsenic at 9 ppb against a 10 ppb limit and cadmium at 78 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Santa Cruz Organic Organic Dark Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter. It also tested for lead and mercury and found none above its detection limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

Full methodology: how we score products.