Whole Earth organic peanut butter

Merlin5 · 11 Sep 2016 at 16:25

Lupis, Whole Earth is palm oil free.

Nearly bought a jar of Meridian crunchy but ended up with Whole Earth. Will give it a whirl!

Glaucus · 11 Sep 2016 at 16:42

it's because all but that one have palm oil, the 1 kilo tub which makes these butters far more affordable also has palm oil.

whole earth that size for palm free is about £1 per 100g while the kilo tubs are like 59p

Merlin5 · 11 Sep 2016 at 16:45

Well I've just had a slice of toast with Whole Earth.
Bland. Like Sunpat with the flavour removed.
Nothing wrong with it but a bit boring.

Glaucus · 11 Sep 2016 at 17:26

Its far from balnd, you just love salt and sugar. There's no point trying any others, stick with the sunpat.

Same as those blind taste tests when people pick like 20% meat sausage rolls over proper sausage rolls. Just had something for so long, forgot what food should taste like.

If you give pretty much all sugar up, its amazing how your pallate changes in just a couple of weeks, fruit becomes so much sweeter tasting.

BennyC · 11 Sep 2016 at 17:42

flinco said:
I would recommend the Whole Earth stuff. The Meridian stuff has the peanut butter and oil separated, resulting in mess, no consistency, very wet and oily peanut butter most of the time, and it doesn't really taste any better.

This is natural separation. Stir it back in

jpaul · 11 Sep 2016 at 22:04

(brain wave ?) DIY recipes, courtesy of google this and this
if, like shop bought jam/marmalade where there is no comparison with the homemade variety (and you can decide on any adulterated ingredients) - diy should be the solution.

[if the labels do declare the real % of nuts, even if the Biona almond stuff I bought was 80% in the ~£3 170g jar, almonds are about £10/Kg so diy should be much cheaper]

PS: Merlin5 is manipulating a jar of peanut butter whilst behind the wheel legal

Pho · 12 Sep 2016 at 10:34

I found whole earth quite dry and stuck to the roof of your mouth

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I'm tempted to buy a big bag of peanuts and make my own again; you basically just whiz it around in a blender for a few minutes.

SoliD · 12 Sep 2016 at 22:53

Try to get the meridian when it's for sale at 1quid for the 340g jars in tesco. Find peanut butter too moreish so don't always have it in! Got a jar or peanut butter and coconut the other day. It was like catnip. Couldn't stop eating it.

FrenchTart · 12 Sep 2016 at 23:04

SoliD said:
Try to get the meridian when it's for sale at 1quid for the 340g jars in tesco. Find peanut butter too moreish so don't always have it in! Got a jar or peanut butter and coconut the other day. It was like catnip. Couldn't stop eating it.

This is the exact issue I have with peanut butter. It's too dangerous to have in the house

One More Solo · 13 Sep 2016 at 22:00

I buy the MyProtein crunchy peanut butter, similar RRP to the Meridian stuff but there's always a discount code. Tasty stuff.

D.P. · 13 Sep 2016 at 22:17

flinco said:
I would recommend the Whole Earth stuff. The Meridian stuff has the peanut butter and oil separated, resulting in mess, no consistency, very wet and oily peanut butter most of the time, and it doesn't really taste any better.

there is this device called a spoon, you can use such a device to mix the oil back in to the peanut.

Any good peanutbutter will separate at room temperate. Stir it up and throw it in the fridge.

D.P. · 13 Sep 2016 at 22:21

Pho said:
I found whole earth quite dry and stuck to the roof of your mouth .

I'm tempted to buy a big bag of peanuts and make my own again; you basically just whiz it around in a blender for a few minutes.

I always make peanut butter myself. Well technically the supermarket does. Nothing beats fresh made peanut butter. Over here you get peanutbutter in the aisle with the coffee etc. Instead of grinding coffee there is a machine that grinds up fresh roasted peanuts for you, or almonds.

With no preservative it wont last too long out of a fridge but worth it.

DB_SamX · 14 Sep 2016 at 14:09

Love whole earth.

Trying meridian atm and I just don't like the taste and texture, especially separation.

Deffo going back to whole earth.

tom_e · 14 Sep 2016 at 14:11

D.P. said:
I always make peanut butter myself. Well technically the supermarket does. Nothing beats fresh made peanut butter. Over here you get peanutbutter in the aisle with the coffee etc. Instead of grinding coffee there is a machine that grinds up fresh roasted peanuts for you, or almonds.

With no preservative it wont last too long out of a fridge but worth it.

Meridian lists nothing other than 100% nuts and lasts for ages out of the fridge.

flinco · 14 Sep 2016 at 20:13

D.P. said:
there is this device called a spoon, you can use such a device to mix the oil back in to the peanut.

Any good peanutbutter will separate at room temperate. Stir it up and throw it in the fridge.

Even after giving it an good stir, it's pretty oily. Especially the Pip & Nut products - terrible. They're just like putting wet slop with the odd peanut onto your toast.

jpaul · 14 Sep 2016 at 21:28

I had thought they had added oil to most peanut butters, but seems not at least for Meridian and Biona - am I being misled somehow ?
The diy recipes form earlier post suggest adding some peanut/ground-nut oil, so I had expected shop stuff would have it too, in spades. -
... except for D.P.s where you can see what goes in.

edit: looks like whole earth are the charlatans

Our Whole Earth peanut butter is made very simply – there is very little processing involved. Our high quality peanuts are carefully shelled,
taking care to leave behind the peanut skins which lock in the natural nut goodness. The peanut are then gently roasted and crushed together
to form a paste. We sprinkle a little sea salt and the peanut butter is slowly poured into a glass jar and finally lovingly sealed with a lid.
We use a tamper seal to lock in the delicious taste and ensure that it’s untouched until you get it home! We also add sustainable palm oil
to ensure the product does not become too dry or too oily – perfect!

That is loving of them

tom_e · 15 Sep 2016 at 12:27

To be honest it very much comes down to what you're used to.
I tried peanut butter sunpat style stuff when I was a kid and hated it so never touched it again. I then tried the Meridian style stuff as a grown up and that's now how I prefer my PB.

MooMoo444 · 15 Sep 2016 at 14:26

The whole earth PB is the best one I've ever had. It doesn't taste sweet or salty, just tastes like you would expect peanut paste to be. It's more expensive than the others tho.

XeNoN89 · 15 Sep 2016 at 14:42

flinco said:
Even after giving it an good stir, it's pretty oily. Especially the Pip & Nut products - terrible. They're just like putting wet slop with the odd peanut onto your toast.

Perfect for me as I eat peanut butter every day for the healthy fats etc which are mostly in the oil

Don't put mine on toast though - goes into my morning shake

jpaul · 15 Sep 2016 at 19:47

I knew the whole earth product description reminded me of something

Milton: We use choicest juicy chunks of fresh Cornish ram's bladder, emptied, steamed, flavored with sesame seeds whipped into a fondue and garnished with lark's vomit.

Praline: Lark's vomit?

Milton: Correct.

Praline: Well it don't say nothing about that here.

Milton: Oh yes it does, on the bottom of the box, after monosodium glutamate.

Praline: (looking) Well I hardly think this is good enough. I think it would be more appropriate if the box bore a large red label warning lark's vomit.

Milton: Our sales would plummet.

Praline: Well why don't you move into more conventional areas of confectionery, like praline or lime cream; a very popular flavor I'm led to understand. (superintendent enters) I mean look at this one, 'cockroach cluster', (superintendent exits) 'anthrax ripple'. What's this one, 'spring surprise'?

Milton: Ah - now, that's our specialty - covered with darkest creamy chocolate. When you pop it in your mouth steel bolts spring out and plunge straight through-both cheeks.