I ran across a small article in ConsumerReports this morning and thought I would share it with you. It’s an “Ask our experts” question and answer.
Q: I was surprised to find the words “peanut butter spread” on my jar of Skippy. What’s the difference between peanut butter and spread?
A: It comes down to the percentage of peanuts. Peanut butter must contain at least 90 percent peanuts. (The rest can be sugar, salt, and oil.) Spreads contain less than 90 percent peanuts. Many reduced-fat peanut butters, such as Reduced Fat Skippy and Reduced Fat Jif, are spreads; those two contain only 60% peanuts, to help cut fat. One exception to the 90% rule: If a product is 90 percent peanuts but contains ingredients that aren’t allowed in peanut butter, such as artificial sweeteners or palm oil, it must be called a spread.
Quick shout out to Kelly (our resident exercise science major) for commenting on yesterdays blog. It was just so good I thought I would share it with each of you.
As an exercise science major.. I couldn't agree more. 
Did you know that approximately 24 million people in the US have diabetes (7.8%)but 25% of the population has diabetes and isn't even aware of it because of the slow development of symptoms? Also between 1980 and 2004 the diagnosis of diabetes rate doubled and is expected to double again over the next 10-20 years?! It is also the 7th leading cause of death in the US and costs us about 174 billion dollars per year in medical costs, etc. I'm outraged by the amount of people that live unhealthy lives because they refuse to take care of themselves and blame it on genetics and the poor food available. We have the best food available all year and they just walk right past it. These rules you've posted are great, I just hope people pay attention and are willing to "sacrifice" and take care of themselves better. It's not about the quantity of years sometimes, but the quality of the years we are given, and we should be taking care of the temple God gave each one of us.
Awesome! I made the Southern version of the Dotson blog, now I can check it off my bucket list :) Not sure how I feel about that picture though... hahaha
ReplyDeleteKatie - same thing with 'Cheese', 'cheez', etc. anytime the word or phrase is modified you can be sure the fda has put some sort of % restrictions on it: take cheese nips vs cheez-its for example.
ReplyDeleteNext: difference between jam, jelly, and preserves?
sorry about the picture kelly! it was the perfect fitness picture though =)
ReplyDeletebets! yes i'll have to do jam/jelly/preserves! that's a perfect next friday factoid. thanks for the suggestion and i'm horrified to know the % between cheese and cheez!