Peanut Butter Protein Content?

by **Charlie** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:59 am

What is the ideal protein content per 100g for peanut butter? The one I have been buying is 15.1g of protein/100g.

I am sure this is a low content.

by **helm** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:56 am

mine has 22g/100g

by **Mouse** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:01 pm

Whole Earth Crunchy PB:
24.9g Protein per 100g

by **zentinel** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:56 pm

Be sure to buy natural stuff, and not the generic normal stuff. It's full of icing sugar, which is certainly not good for you.

by **ekgandj** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:25 pm

Best PB you can get, in my opinion, is one that grinds the whole peanuts in front of you while you wait. I am lucky as my grocery store has this and it is cheaper than the premade stuff.

by **Scottymouth** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:51 pm

Good to know. My grocery has the same, I'll compare the prices, hopefully that is the last item that I have to change - everything else seems pretty good.

by **Bluze** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:08 pm

It also has a lot of fat though, so watch it.

by **felonyr301** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:31 pm

Yea but it's mostly good fats "monounsaturated fats".
The generic ones are the ones that have trans fat also. Look in the ingridients and if it says partially hydrogenated oil (not sure on it exactly but you will see what I mean) then it has some trans fat. Companies get away with saying it has no trans fat but in reality it's because it's less than a gram that they just put 0 which in reality it's not.
The one I have now is smart balance pb and it's mixed with flax oil so it has omega 3's also. Serving size is 2 tablespoons and it gives out 17g fat, 5g carbs, 8g protein while the monounsaturated fats is 12g out of the 17g.

by **mdonnelly** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:51 pm

I really don't count the protein from nuts/nut butter; I just count them as fat sources. I thought that the protein coming from these sources had such a low biological value that it really isn't optimal for building muscle. Then again, I could be completely wrong. Anybody with nutrition/food science degrees out there?

by **mkonuk** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:14 pm

My peanut butter is made with sunflower oil--is this a good thing? It's the only kind my supermarket has. I'm also interested in whether the protein from peanut butter is a good source as far as protein goes since peanut butter definitely has a lot of it.

by **jleon** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:17 pm

@felonyr301
How do you eat your smart balance? I bought some and don't know what to do with it

by **Sam277** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:02 pm

Make your own. Cost about 1/10th of the price, and tastes better. And has no trans fats that you can in shop bought, (they use hydrogenated oil, i use olive).

I use tesco value nuts. Costs me about 13pence to make 100g peanut butter. As opposed to paying 50p - £1.50 per 100g.

by **ricepower** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:25 pm

I get this:

No added sugar or salt. 30g protein per 100g. £4.89 for 1kg tub.

Id be interested in making my own too, but all the nuts ive seen in supermarkets workout more expensive. Also how do you crush them?

by **ricepower** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:28 pm

mdonnelly wrote:I really don't count the protein from nuts/nut butter; I just count them as fat sources. I thought that the protein coming from these sources had such a low biological value that it really isn't optimal for building muscle. Then again, I could be completely wrong. Anybody with nutrition/food science degrees out there?

Plant based proteins do definetely have biological value. Nuts are an excellent protein source. There are many vegan lifters & bodybuilders who have gotten big & strong.

by **ricepower** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:31 pm

Look at this guys stats for example:

Bench Press: 172.5Kg (380 Lbs) Note: I lifted as much as 430Lbs before a shoulder injury in 1998.

Squat: 192Kg (422 Lbs)

Dead lift: 240Kg (528 Lbs)

Rack lift:(below knee) 380Kg (836 Lbs)

http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/?page=bio_avi