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- politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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Which one is it:
- Oh no, it’s American.
- Oh no, it has some banned chemicals in it.
Banned chemicals
Edit: also, I quickly grabbed it off the shelf at LIDL last week when my entire week was busy. I only realized it was American when my knife easily sunk into it this morning.
Which one?
The EU keeps strict maximum levels for contaminants in foods, including aflatoxins. Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 sets tight contaminant limits, and the EU’s own 2023 summary notes that maximum levels are set at strict levels considered reasonably achievable.
Also, just less extra ingredients.
Ok, so hydrogenated fatty acids are the thing, right? More specifically, random trans fats resulting from the hydrogenation process.
Its the oils and hfcs. Unless the ingredients are just peanuts and salt it is typically garbage.
Some on the shelf can’t even be labeled “peanut butter” because there is so much garbage added.
Sure, but the no-stir is no-stir by virtue of a Crisco infusion. Vegetable shortening. White, solid at room temperature, processed fat.
Stir peanut butter is just mashed up peanuts and some salt. It’s glorious.
And it’s straight up monounsaturated fat. Omega 6.
The taste is amazing. I say this as an American. Stir peanut butter is the best peanut butter. Adam’s is the best imo.
Palm oil. Great at keeping things like peanut butter mixed. Garbage for the environment.
Guess which choice wins most of the time… 😔
raises hand the one that makes the most money?
I remember learning back in school that while oil palm trees are relatively bad for the land they take up, their yields are high enough that it balances out. The environments they disrupt are a lot more marketable, which is why I think the public cares about them so much.
indonesia is the largest exporter of palm oil, and has been and is clearing old growth rainforests and peatlands for oil palms, which used to be carbon sinks. instead due to deforestation and illegal forest fires they’ve turned into one of the biggest carbon emitters instead. it’s horribly tragic, but yes, oil palms do produce a lot of cooking oil.
