Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter

Name: Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter
Brand: Santa Cruz Organic

50Okay

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 · 1

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Common questions

Is Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter healthy?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter scores 50/100 on Tallow — our okay 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 No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter lists 1 ingredient, starting with Organic Roasted Peanuts. 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 No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter contain seed oils?

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

Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter is NOVA group 1: unprocessed or minimally processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter compare to other nut & seed butters?

At 50/100 Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter lands mid-scale — below the typical score in nut & seed butters, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in nut & seed butters is Teddie Smooth Old Fashioned All Natural Peanut Butter at 100/100.

Is Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter organic?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter is not certified organic in our data.

Has Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter have an independent laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Full methodology: how we score products.