someone told me to look this up, so i did.....concerning the actual hydrogenated content of non-natural PBs.....you can google this, but a few sites i read are:
http://www.peanut-institute.org/070303_PR.html
http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2003/10/20/no-trans-fat-in-peanut-butter-after-all/
peter pan "no sugar added" (sweetened w/splenda) has the following PHVO:
hydrogenated cottonseed oil - typically contains about 50% monounsaturated fat, and 21% polyunsaturated fat.....nothing to complain about?
rapeseed oil - "Canada paid the FDA the sum of $50 million to have rape seed registered and recognized as "safe". (Source: Young Again and others)
Rapeseed is a lubricating oil used by small industry. It has never been meant for human consumption.
It is derived from the mustard family and is considered a toxic and poisonous weed, which when processed, becomes rancid very quickly.
It has been shown to cause lung cancer (Wall Street Journal: 6/7/95)
It is very inexpensive to grow and harvest. Insects won't eat it.
Some typical and possible side effects include loss of vision, disruption of the central nervous system, respiratory illness, anemia, constipation, increased incidence of heart disease and cancer, low birth weights in infants and irritability.
Generally rapeseed has a cumulative effect, taking almost 10 years before symptoms begin to manifest. It has a tendency to inhibit proper metabolism of foods and prohibits normal enzyme function. Canola is a Trans Fatty Acid, which has shown to have a direct link to cancer. These Trans Fatty acids are labeled as hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. Avoid all of them!
According to John Thomas' book, Young Again, 12 years ago in England and Europe, rape seed was fed to cows, pigs and sheep who later went blind and began attacking people. There were no further attacks after the rape seed was eliminated from their diet."
other than the rapeseed, sounds pretty convincing......the fda is still trying to convince us that the PHVO in regular peanut butter are consitently measured as 100 times lower than labeled.....as in 5.1 g in a 512 g jar.....as in "not a health concern"
thoughts?