Skippy

Peanut Butter

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #30 of 34 peanut butter we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving2 Tbsp (32 g)
Purine per servingabout 3 mg, at most 5 mg (1% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 15 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 16 mg per serving
Main purine sourcepeanuts
Fructose per serving1.5 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per serving3 g

The weighted figure is lower than the one before weighting because GoutSafe counts purine from plants at a fraction of the same amount from meat or fish. The grade uses the weighted figure.

Where the purine comes from

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
roasted peanuts peanuts (A) 49 mg up to 100% 16 mg 5 mg
hydrogenated vegetable oil (cottonseed, soybean dried soybeans (A) 33 mg up to 33% 4 mg under 1 mg

Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.

Why it's rated C

  • Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
  • About 3 mg of purine per serving, and at most 5 mg (1% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from peanuts. Source on GoutSafe.
  • The panel lists 3 g of total sugars per serving and no added-sugar line.

Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.

What's on the label

Ingredients: ROASTED PEANUTS, SUGAR, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COTTONSEED, SOYBEAN AND RAPESEED OIL) TO PREVENT SEPARATION, SALT

Same recipe also sold as Creamy Peanut Butter, Extra crunchy peanut butter, Creamy peanut butter creamy. Serving: 2 Tbsp (32 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2674433), dated 2023-11-16. UPC 037600110754. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

Where to buy

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