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Default Butter vs. Peanut Butter

misanthropic_curmudgeon wrote:

> > > And peanut butter with sugar in it is an abomination.

> >
> > Isn't it though? I've been waiting decades for a semi-natural peanut
> > butter -- one that's chemically emulsified, if necessary, but WITHOUT
> > THE *$(%! SUGAR.

>
> We have one here (although made in Australia) which has no sugar and
> is quite nice:
> http://www.sanitarium.co.nz/products.../peanut-butter


No list of ingredients listed.

Wait a sec.... No sugar or salt, but 96% peanuts? What's the other 4%?
In this country, the stir-your-own natural ones contain peanuts and
salt. What are they adding to theirs? And why is it named for a word
with such bad connotations?