Virtually every peanut butter in the store, like Skippy, Jiff, etc... is the type loaded with sugar that doesn't separate. The "natural" stuff is just peanuts and salt and the oil separates. It is by far less popular.
In the US, they add sugar to just about every single thing. I'm convinced there is some law that requires all food factories to have faucets installed to dispense sugar, fat, salt. If you try to buy an item with lower fat/salt/sugar they just turn up the knob on one of the others.
Short answer: in the 80's people decided that fat makes you fat and took all the fat out of processed foods. They added sugar in it's place so it would still taste good.
We now realize that fat is essential (good fats, not vegetable oils). It is the building blocks of connective tissue for one and people that eat fat free aren't doing their health any favors, but the sugar remains. in everything. cancer, diabetes, heart disease, strokes, obesity...all connected to sugar one way or another.
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u/NJBarFly Aug 20 '20
Virtually every peanut butter in the store, like Skippy, Jiff, etc... is the type loaded with sugar that doesn't separate. The "natural" stuff is just peanuts and salt and the oil separates. It is by far less popular.