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Food & Drink > Diet, Health & Organic Foods Product reviews: Natural peanut butters

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Product reviews: Natural peanut butters

Many of us grew up eating peanut butter. Its salty taste and strong aroma made a great midday meal or late-night snack. However, most of our peanut butter (to be referred to as traditional peanut butter in this article) contains much more than just peanuts. Ingredients often include additives and preservatives.

There was also the issue of trans fat, the latest fat to be discovered and arguably the most dangerous type. Trans fat were the result of hydrogenation, a process by which hydrogen molecules are bombarded against molecules of unsaturated...

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