Nutritional Breakdown of Peanut-Free Nut Butters

Avoiding Peanut Butter? Try These Alternatives

February 25, 2009

This whole peanut butter recall has really put a damper on my peanut-butter-loving life. I know not all peanut butter has been recalled, but truthfully, I've used avoiding peanut butter as an excuse to branch out. One positive outcome from this salmonella scare is that I rediscovered my love for crunchy almond butter, and recently tried walnut butter for the first time.

So don't fret about losing peanut butter. To see the nutritional breakdown of some interestingly tasty peanut-free alternatives read more.

Serving Size = 2 tbsp	Calories	Total Fat (g)	Saturated Fat (g)	Sodium (mg)	Carbs (g)	Fiber (g)	Protein (g)
Sunflower Seed Butter	185	15.3	1.6	1	8.8	3	6.3
Sunflower Seed Butter (salted)	185	15.3	1.6	166	8.8	3	6.3
Almond Butter	190	16	1.5	0	6	4	7
Cashew Butter	190	15	3	0	10	2	5
Soy Nut Butter	200	14	2	0	8	2	10
Soy Nut Butter (salted)	200	14	2	150	8	2	10
Macadamia Butter	230	24	4	0	4	3	2
Macadamia Butter With Cashews	214	21	3.4	1	6	2.23	3.7
Walnut Butter With Cashews	205	19	2	0	4	2	5
Hempseed Butter	145	9	5	10	7	1	11
Pumpkin Seed Butter	200	16	3	80	2	2	10
Hazelnut Butter	180	17	1	0	5	3	4
Golden Pea Butter	160	10	1	0	16	2	4

Tell me your favorite peanut butter alternative in the comments sections below.

27 Comments

2 years 7 weeks

By far Barney Butter. The crunchy is to die for!!

2 years 15 weeks

Pistachio butter by far. Completely decadent with banana on wheat toast.

watermeloncandy 4 years 3 weeks

I have a magic bullet, which I use every day to grind coffee beans.... I think I'll try it by making some of my own almond butter! Cool idea!

Lucky Girl 4 years 4 weeks

Unless you are allergic to peanut butter. Why not just have some peanut butter. (None of the major brands were implacated in the recall)

cdelaney 4 years 6 weeks

sunflower seed butter is my favorite. my husband is partial to almond butter. either way, it is organic all the way!

dit dah dit 4 years 6 weeks

I'm always looking for an alternative just because of the fact I'm allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, and almonds. It sucks

4 years 7 weeks

sunflower seed butter is my favorite, it has a sweeter taste than peanut butter and i like it so much that i barely ever use peanut butter!

midori0e 4 years 7 weeks

I still stick with the peanut butter route, but in the organic & locally made ones that has all the oil on top.

ladychaos 4 years 7 weeks

Hazelnut - I love Nutella! I never ate peanut butter before the recall... Almond butter sounds divine though!

prencesschris 4 years 9 weeks

hmm... never heard of Golden Pea Butter

amanda_sooner 4 years 11 weeks

Peanut butter is a good way to raise serotonin levels (to prevent migraines or PMS) - so do any of the alternatives do that? That's the only way you could get me to switch =)

GratefulOne 4 years 11 weeks

Fresh pecan butter is what heaven tastes like! I've tried hazelnut, not a big fan. Some brands of almond butter are better than others. Like someone said above me, making your own nut butters is really easy. A (good) blender works fine too (as long as you have a spatula to get it out!!), go to the bulk section of your grocery store of choice and get a bunch of your favorite nut to blend up, sprinkle salt or sweetener to taste, reuse an old PB jar and enjoy!

Gwenisarockstar 4 years 12 weeks

PB2! www.bellplantation.com It's peanuts with most of the oil pressed out, so it comes in powder form, and you rehydrate it with water (or milk, but that adds calories). It's very similar to smooth peanut butter in the end, but only has 50 calories per 2 TBS serving. It comes in chocolate too! Their products were not part of the recall process.

Spectra 4 years 12 weeks

I like making my own almond butter at home using almonds and a little oil and sugar and a blender. It's not as tough as it looks or seems.

alethia037 4 years 12 weeks

Baby Girl - I always heat mine up in the microwave for a just a few seconds to make it spreadable :)

Baby Girl 4 years 12 weeks

I love almond and cashew butter! Problem is they need to be refrigerated after opening. How do you spread rock hard nut butter on anything? It's impossible.

amandaaa 4 years 12 weeks

i agree, justin's maple almond butter is pretty good! cashew butter is good too.

futureme 4 years 12 weeks

Justin's maple almond butter!! So good.

cupcakers 4 years 12 weeks

Last time I got cashew butter, so good! Next to try is almond butter, hazelnut sounds really good too!

miss malone 4 years 12 weeks

I love my almond butter! Soy nut is pretty good too, but I haven't tried any others yet.

alethia037 4 years 12 weeks

You can also try making your own peanut butter... it's super easy. Just put some peanuts in a food processor and add sugar &/or salt to taste. Blend until it is a shiny paste. I like to use honey roasted peanuts!

aimeeb 4 years 12 weeks

Still eating mine :)

michlny 4 years 12 weeks

Hempseed Butter looks like a winner! I have to try it!

ilanac13 4 years 12 weeks

i'm a peanut butter fanatic, and as much as i like the alternatives that you've listed, i can't go that route. i've been sticking with the brands that seem to be safe so far, and hopefully things will get sorted out soon so that we don't have to stress about this anymore!

TidalWave 4 years 12 weeks

i hated Maranatha's brand of Almond and Peanut butter.

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