Is Peanut Butter Vegan?

Is peanut butter vegan? Are there vegan peanut butter brands to buy? In this guide, you’ll find everything you need to know…

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Here’s all the great stuff you’ll find:

• The answer to: Is peanut butter  vegan? 
• The vegan status of the most popular vegan peanut butter brands– along with different types of peanut butter (no oil, no sugar, non-gmo, no salt etc).
• Other commonly asked questions about peanut butter.

Is Peanut Butter Vegan?

Most of the time, peanut butter is vegan, but there are a few exceptions. This is especially true if you’re buying natural peanut butter where the only ingredients are peanuts and salt – these are always vegan. Some larger commercial peanut butter brands may not be vegan if they contain honey, but this is usually displayed directly on the front of the package.

Keep reading to see which products from the top peanut butter brands are vegan and which ones are not.

Vegan Peanut Butter Brands

If you’re in a rush, here’s a list of my favorite vegan peanut butter brands…

I prefer the products without anything added.

• Smucker’s Natural Cream Peanut Butter
• PB2 Natural Peanut Butter Powder
• Pic’s Peanut Butter

If you’d like to go in-depth and learn more about peanut butter brands, keep reading.

To make things super simple, we’ve taken some of the most popular commercial peanut butter brands below and classified their products into two categories: Vegan or Not Vegan. Again, most of these are going to be fully plant-based, unless of course they have honey or some other unusual hidden animal-based ingredient.

All assessments were made from the respective manufacturer websites at the time of writing this article. Please note that ingredient statements do change, although we will try our best to keep everything up to date.

We didn’t use “potentially” non-vegan trace ingredients in our final assessment of vegan or non-vegan.

If you’re looking for healthy peanut butters, be sure to pick up the “natural” variety which only contain one or two ingredients (peanuts with or without salt). Be careful of added sugars and hydrogenated oils which can be found in many commercial peanut butters, even if they are vegan. They aren’t the greatest from a health perspective.

Is Jif Peanut Butter Vegan?

Jif Peanut Butter has several products which are vegan and several which are not. Taking the information from Jif’s website, we’ve gone ahead and created a table which classifies their products into vegan or not vegan. (1)

Is Skippy Peanut Butter Vegan?

Similar to Jif, Skippy is another super large brand which has several vegan and non-vegan peanut butters. Their main offending ingredient is honey which can be found in a few of their spreads. Use the chart below to navigate which Skippy peanut butter products are vegan and which ones are not. (2)

Is Smuckers Peanut Butter Vegan?

Besides for their peanut butter with honey, all of the Smuckers peanut butters we found were vegan!

Perhaps best known for their glass jar, Smuckers makes a wide range of peanut butter products. Unlike the previous two brands, their natural peanut butters have a much cleaner ingredient statement with no oils or added sugar. They also make a bunch of peanut butter and jelly blends (known as Goober’s) which we’ve also included in the chart below. (3)

Is PB2 Peanut Butter Powder Vegan?

Yes! We’ve found that PB2 Peanut Butter Powder was vegan. Even their different flavors didn’t have any animal products.

While it’s not exactly peanut butter, Bell Plantation’s Peanut Butter Powders are taking the world by storm. You can actually add liquid to the powders to make them into a spread with less calories than regular peanut butter. The company achieves this by roasting the peanuts then pressing them which removes much of their fat content. While we think it’s typically better to consume plant foods in their whole form, PB2 powder could be a great way to reduce your caloric intake if you’re going for more aggressive weight loss. (4)

Is Peanut Butter & Co Vegan?

Known for their sandwich shop in NYC, Peanut Butter & Co has a wide variety of unique and delicious peanut butter flavors. The majority of their peanut butter products are vegan friendly, which is also awesome! See the chart below for more details. (5)(6)

Is Justins Peanut Butter Butter?

Justin’s has recently become a popular nut butter brand, carrying all sorts of different varieties in their product line. They only have two peanut butters, one vegan and one non-vegan. As usual, the culprit ingredient is honey. (7)

Is Naturally More Peanut Butter Vegan?

Naturally More is best known for their peanut butter blends rather than straight up peanut butter. The company combines peanut butter with items such as flaxseeds and plant proteins to create their spreads. To our delight, we haven’t found a spread of theirs that wasn’t vegan! (8)

Is MaraNatha Peanut Butter Vegan?

Marantha has all sorts of different peanut butters all of which are 100% vegan. The company specializes in making peanut butter all sorts of different ways: smooth, creamy, chunky, stir, no stir, etc. Most of their products are also organic.

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