[nels]

The main difference in peanut butter isn’t about being European or American actually—it’s about the recipe. Some brands add extra oil, like palm oil, to keep it from separating (Skippy (US) and Calvé (EU), for instance). Without it, peanut butter can separate, leaving oil on top.

[jt2190]

I believe that they actually remove the peanut oil as it can fetch more money sold as cooking oil. They substitute an inexpensive oil that they also hydrogenate. The hydrogenation is what keeps the oil from separating.

[euroderf]

Peanut oil is also sold as an industrial lubricant. So they inject crap like palm oil and then use stuff like cane sugar to mask the taste. It is a CRIME.

The moral of the story is: Accept only peanuts and salt as ingredients; all else is duplicitous garbage.

[heyoni]

Do you have a source for this? If true, what a stupid way to make food.

[lostlogin]

Adding back the crappiest oil they can find… of course.