Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz

Name: Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz
Brand: Santa Cruz Organic

23Avoid

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

Credits

Certified organic+5

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

Rounding+1

Final score23

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

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

Includes lab tests of other products in its family

Santa Cruz Organic Dark Roasted Peanut Butter

Worst result per contaminant across the family

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 No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz healthy?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz scores 23/100 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 No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz 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 No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz’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 Spread, 16 oz?

Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz 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 No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz compare to other nut & seed butters?

At 23/100 Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz 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 No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz organic?

Yes. Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Has Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against. Other products in its family (Santa Cruz Organic Dark Roasted Peanut Butter), which share its base recipe, were lab tested too. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Their results are in the family's Contaminants section above.

Does Santa Cruz Organic Organic No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz 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 No Stir Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Spread, 16 oz. It also tested for lead and mercury and found none above its detection limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above. Other products in its family, which share its base recipe, were tested too: 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.

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