Looking for Fat Grams of Peanut Butter

 all jars of peanut butter have listed the total fat grams is 14 grams per serving. I haven't been able to find the total fat grams of peanut butter made just of peanuts . The kind from the health food store. I have asked and no one knows. Theres no oil the one I am asking about.Anyone know? Thanks Wendy

Unless you're getting PB2 or a similar powdered peanut butter product there is always oil in peanut butter. It's naturally found in the peanut. Fresh ground peanut butter doesn't have any added sugars, but it's still going to have a ton of fat calories from oil. Here's a link to one nutrition site with data: Natural peanut butter. It shows one tablespoon (approximately 16 grams) to have eight grams of fat.

I know you restrict fat grams pretty severely. You may want to look into PB2. If you reconstitute it with water it's fairly acceptable as a decent peanut butter substitute.

I've tried PB2 and it was ok , was rather expensive for my budget. Thanks.Will check out the website.....Wendy

That is because the peanuts themselves have 14g of fat per ounce.  Even PB you make yourself is going to have the same fat content because ground peanuts have the same amount of fat as whole peanuts.

As the previous poster said, the only way to eliminate any of that fat is to somehow eliminate the oil and then you end up with reduced fat PB which has added sugar to make it palatable (and not really much less fat) or you end up with peanut powder/flour like PB2 (which I personally think is disgusting and useless except for adding to a chocolate protein shake).

Lora

Wouldn't it be listed on the jar?  It should be.  But as others have said, even if peanuts is the only ingredient, it will still be fairly high in fat because peanuts are.

Peanut butter is made by crushing the peanuts to create the oil inside of them to create the butter.  Nuts contain fat naturally.