Peanut butter

See also: peanut butter cake

Peanut butter is a food preparation made from ground peanut seeds. It is a creamy product, rich in fat and particularly popular in the United States, where annual per capita consumption is close to one and a half kilograms. In Italy, however, despite the slow decline of Mediterranean cuisine, peanut butter sales are struggling to take off.

Precisely to preserve the eating style of our grandparents, the nutritional properties of peanut butter are often discredited by nutritionists, who point the finger at the high lipid intake and the presence of hydrogenated fats. Despite this, peanut butter prepared according to the traditional recipe can be considered a genuine food, like that produced with cow's milk cream.

Production of peanut butter and hydrogenated fats

The peanut seeds are toasted at about 160 °, sprinkled with 2-3% of salt, then ground and kneaded. Since the leaked oil tends to separate from the butter and rise to the top of the jar, the food industry adds stabilizing additives, emulsifiers and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils to the traditional ingredients. The latter are a real bugbear for the consumer's health, as - if consumed in excess - they predispose to atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and heart attack. The partially hydrogenated fats, however, are added in minimal quantities, sufficient to harness the triglycerides rich in unsaturated fatty acids, avoid the floating of the oil on the surface and improve the spreadability of the product. Assuming that the portion of partially hydrogenated fats is equal to 3%, and considering that these contain about 40% of trans fatty acids, a 30 gram serving of peanut butter contains less than half a gram of hydrogenated fatty acids. possible the contribution of these nutrients, which must not be consumed in excess of 5 grams per day.



Peanut Butter - Everything You Need To Know

Problems with playing the video? Reload the video from youtube.

• Go to the Video Page
• Go to the Video Recipes Section
• Watch the video on youtube

Nutritional Properties

Among the nutritional qualities of peanut butter, the excellent content of proteins, oleic acid, vitamin B3, vitamin E, magnesium, folic acid, arginine and dietary fiber stands out. If it is produced by preserving the external integuments (the "skin" of the seeds) , peanut butter is also rich in polyphenols and resveratrol, the same antioxidant contained in grape skin and red wine.

Peanuts, including the butter obtained from them, represent the food most often involved in anaphylactic reactions of a food nature (severe allergic reactions developed by 0.4-0.6% of the population). Another source of fears is given by the possible contamination with aflatoxins, very dangerous substances produced by some fungi (fungi). Considering the dangers to the health of the consumer, all the production phases are nowadays followed with particular care.

Finally, we must not forget that peanut butter is a hyperlipidic and high-calorie food; this means that when it is taken as a whim - perhaps instead of chocolate to spread as a delicacy at the end of a meal - it is certainly not good for your figure and health. This is due to the combination of several unfavorable elements, such as the small amount of hydrogenated fats, the high caloric intake and the good content of palmitic acid (an atherogenic saturated fatty acid). There are therefore no particular reasons to recommend the regular intake of butter. d "peanuts; if you like it, you can eat it safely, without overdoing it and without forgetting its high caloric value.

Watch the video

• Watch the video on youtube

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION - PEANUT BUTTER 100 grams * Power 588 Kcal Proteins 25.1 g Iron 1.87 mg - 23.4% RDA Total lipids 50.39 g Arginine 2.72 g Football 43 mg - 4.3% RDA Saturated fats 10.5 g Carbohydrates 19.56 g Phosphorus 358 mg - 51.1% RDA Fat monoins. 24.2 g Sugars 9.22 g Magnesium 154 mg - 36.7% RDA Polyunsaturated fats 14.16 g Fibers 6 g Manganese 1.46 mg - 63.7% RDA Palmitic acid 5.9 g Vitamin E 9 mg - 59.9% RDA Potassium 649 mg - 13.8% RDA Oleic acid 23.6 g Vitamin B3 13.4 - 83.8% RDA Copper 0.47 mg - 47.3% RDA Linoleic acid 14.01 g Vitamin B5 1.06 - 21.2% RDA Selenium 5.6 mcg - 10.2% RDA Cholesterol 0 g Vitamin B6 0.54 - 41.8% RDA Zinc 2.9 mg - 26.5% RDA

Note: the composition may vary, even considerably, from one product to another, depending on the preparation techniques adopted and any fortifications (minerals, vitamins, etc.) or impoverishment (light peanut butter).

Other Foods - Nuts Cashews Peanuts Peanut Butter Chestnut Flour Almond Flour Hazelnut Flour Walnut Flour Dehydrated and Candied Fruit Dried Fruit Almond Milk Hazelnut Flour Almonds Hazelnuts Walnuts Macadamia Nuts Pecans Pine Nuts Pistachios Hemp Seeds Sunflower Seeds of Poppy OTHER ARTICLES DRIED FRUITS Categories Food Alcoholics Meat Cereals and derivatives Sweeteners Sweets Offal Fruit Dried fruit Milk and derivatives Legumes Oils and fats Fish and fishery products Salami Spices Vegetables Health recipes Appetizers Bread, Pizza and Brioche First courses Second courses Vegetables and Salads Sweets and desserts Ice creams and sorbets Syrups, liqueurs and grappas Basic preparations ---- In the kitchen with leftovers Carnival recipes Christmas recipes Light diet recipes Diabetic Recipes for the Holidays Ric Valentine's Day Recipes for Vegetarians Protein Recipes Regional Recipes Vegan Recipes