What is unprocessed peanut butter?
By with the word unprocessed, you must have guessed what it means, isn’t it? It is always roasted peanut which gets ground that turns into a paste.
Why unprocessed peanut butter?
Peanut butter is unprocessed but it may contain some added ingredients in it, like sugar, trans fats or vegetable oil. But not all peanut butter contains these ingredients, those are the high-quality product.
Consuming too much peanut butter that contains trans fat or vegetable oil, may result in some heart disease.
Keeping the negative side aside, let’s first talk about the positive aspect of it.
Peanut butter is rich in protein, carbohydrates and fats. It is a good paste with well-balanced nutrition. But it is fairly rich in protein. So we can say that it is a good protein source.
But it is low in carbs. It gets a healthy snack for diabetic people because it gives only low rise to sugar level.
It is rich in healthy fats. Though it is high in calories it is good for a weight loss diet if you take a lesser or moderate portion of butter. It is high in healthy heart fats and is a good source of protein, so it can be a good option for vegetarians or those who maintain a plant-based diet
peanut butter consists of oleic acid, healthy fat also found in olive oil. Oleic acids are beneficial for health and improve insulin sensitivity.
Peanut butter is rich in:
it is a very nutritious snack with many minerals in it.
1. Vitamin E: 60% of the daily value(DV).
2. Vitamin B3: 83% of DV.
3. Vitamin B6: 29% of DV.
4. Folate: 18% of DV.
5. Magnesium: 37% of DV.
6. Copper: 56% of DV.
7. Manganese: 65% of DV.
Though it contains healthy vitamins and minerals and is nutritious but is rich in calories.
Chocolate Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter (compositions)
Protein- 30 grams
carbohydrates – 25 grams
sugar – 5 grams
dietary fibre – 6 grams
fat – 40 grams
Saturated fat – 7 grams
cholesterol – 0 mg
trans fat – 0 gram
- Good for heart
- Energy booster
- high in nutrition
- full of healthy fats
Compositions:
protein – 20 grams
carbohydrates – 26 grams
Sugar – 19 grams
Dietary fibres – 7 grams
Fat – 41 grams
saturated fats – 8 grams
trans fat – 0 gram