Santa Cruz Organic Creamy Dark Roasted Peanut Butter
A two-ingredient organic peanut butter (roasted peanuts and a little salt) with no added sugar or hydrogenated oils, a simple swap for sweetened mainstream spreads.
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Santa Cruz peanut butter in the creamy dark roasted style is an organic spread made from roasted peanuts and a little salt. Santa Cruz Organic adds no sugar or hydrogenated oils, and this is the classic stir version.
Who it suits
It suits people who want a short-label peanut butter with no added sugar for toast, oatmeal or apple slices. If you dislike oily, natural-style spreads, it may not be for you. Note that the brand’s separate no-stir dark roast is a different product. Browse more healthy pantry staples, or sweeten oatmeal lightly with Coombs organic maple syrup.
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Key facts
- Ingredients: organic roasted peanuts, 1% or less salt (Hannaford label listing; Open Food Facts)
- No hydrogenated oils and no added sugar; USDA Organic peanuts (Hannaford label listing)
- A 2 tbsp (32 g) serving lists 180 calories, 9 g protein, 16 g fat, 1 g sugars and 50 mg sodium (Hannaford label listing; Open Food Facts)
- About 14 servings per jar (Hannaford label listing)
What reviewers say
Sporked named this jar its best organic creamy peanut butter, describing an oily, rustic texture that suits apple dipping and preferring the dark roast to the light roast, but warned against the brand’s no-stir version. Food Republic put Santa Cruz Organic first among its healthiest peanut butter picks for its short label, no added sugar and relatively low sodium. GAYOT found it rich and not too sweet, but called the natural texture oily and sticky.
Pros and cons
- Pro: Two ingredients, no added sugar
- Pro: Dark roast preferred by Sporked over the light roast
- Con: Sporked describes an oily, stir-style texture
- Con: Some find the texture oily and sticky
Cautions
- Contains peanuts; not suitable for people with a peanut allergy.
- The label photos we checked carry no stirring or storage wording; Sporked describes this as the oily, stir-style jar.
- Calorie dense at 180 calories per 2 tbsp.
Additional information
| Brand | Santa Cruz Organic |
|---|---|
| Serving size | 2 tbsp |
| Calories | 180 |
| Protein | 9 g |
| Total carbohydrate | 6 g |
| Dietary fiber | 3 g |
| Total sugars | 1 g |
| Added sugars | 0 g (listing states no added sugar) |
| Total fat | 16 g |
| Saturated fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 50 mg |
| Key ingredients | Organic roasted peanuts, 1% or less salt |
| Certifications | USDA Organic |