Thursday, August 19, 2010

Trader Joe's Peanut Butter

So here we have Trader Joe's Crunchy Salted Peanut Butter and Trader Joe's Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter. They're both good. They also come in unsalted varieties.

I can't really tell a difference in the taste between the organic and regular. They both taste pretty fresh. I remember a farmer's market run by Mennonites in my hometown in central Pennsylvania that would pulverize peanuts (or any nuts you wanted) right before your eyes in a hand-cranked grinder to make a butter out of them. It was as fresh as could be. The taste of the Trader Joe's brand is exactly half-way between that ground-right-in-front-of-you-by-Amish-types flavor and that of any traditional grocery store brand. Considering that the price is in the same ballpark as Jif or Peter Pan, it's a pretty good value.

I give them Four and a half Stars. Sonia gives them Four. 

Bottom line: 8.5 out of 10.

2 comments:

  1. I think TJ's peanut butter is the best peanut butter there is. I am whimpering looking at this picture because we have no Trader Joes in Montana. When people come visit I ask them to pick up some TJ cruchy for me. I love it. Love love love it.

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  2. Container is not full, upon unsealing it.
    Too much liquidity of peanut butter, making it worthless.
    A non-full, too thin peanut-butter to spread is EXPENSIVE.
    Even more at the dollar value --- when it not be in a large enough size, enough to break further the price per ounce.

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