Default User wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Puester" > wrote in message
>> ...
>
>>> I hadn't thought about the oil separating out as a reason for
>>> refrigeration. I always assumed that peanut and other nut butters
>>> wouldn't get rancid as quickly if they were refrigerated.
>> The oil will still separate out even if refrigerated. You have to
>> stir it each time before using.
>
> I don't think so. Even when not refrigerated, the natural separates
> very slowly. When I get a jar of Smucker's natural, it separates so
> slowly that I usually don't have to stir again. Sometimes if I didn't
> do a good job initially, it will need a redo because there's some at
> the bottom that didn't get incorporated fully.
>
>> I think you are right about the nut butter going rancid.
>
> No. Unless you have unsalted, it's not going rancid in any reasonable
> time frame. If you aren't going to use if for a month, maybe.


Would you believe a year or longer? Peanut oil, in a plastic bottle or
in a layer on top of your peanut butter, oxidizes *very* slowly. Don't
ask me how I know this.

Bob