Topic: peanut-butter

Recall Alert UPDATE: Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Isn’t The Only One That’s Unsafe

Recall Alert UPDATE: Trader Joe's Peanut Butter Isn't The Only One That's Unsafe

In the last few months, Trader Joe’s has had to pull a lot of products from its shelves due to food safety concerns. Chicken salad, quinoa salad, mango (as part of a much larger-scale mango recall), and bagged salad have all been flagged as potentially unsafe. And, over the weekend, the beloved provider of inexpensive wine added one more to the list: Peanut butter. Here’s what you need to know. More »

Morning Links: Skippy Peanut Butter Recalled for Salmonella Poisoning

Morning Links: Skippy Peanut Butter Recalled for Salmonella Poisoning

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Bad news: Even your carefully-chosen organic peanut butter could be bad for the environment. Peanut butter, like several other “good” foods, can contain palm oil — an oil that’s a much healthier alternative to hydrogenated oil, but one that’s pretty hard on the environment. (In short, the growth of palm oil trees, primarily in Malaysia and Indonesia, has required clearing large swaths of rainforest, displacing communities and leading many species toward extinction.)

Bad news: Even your carefully-chosen organic peanut butter could be bad for the environment. Peanut butter, like several other âgoodâ foods, can contain palm oil â an oil thatâs a much healthier alternative to hydrogenated oil, but one thatâs pretty hard on the environment. (In short, the growth of palm oil trees, primarily in Malaysia and Indonesia, has required clearing large swaths of rainforest, displacing communities and leading many species toward extinction.)

– Blisstree Deputy Editor Briana Rognlin on the perils of palm oil, from her post: Your Organic Peanut Butter Is Hurting the Environment: 10 “Good” Foods With Bad Palm Oil Habits (and What You Should Buy Instead)

Your Organic Peanut Butter Is Hurting the Environment: 10 “Good” Foods With Bad Palm Oil Habits (and What You Should Buy Instead)

Your Organic Peanut Butter Is Hurting the Environment: 10 "Good" Foods With Bad Palm Oil Habits (and What You Should Buy Instead)

You buy organic, you choose natural foods, and you support brands that support your health and the environment. Bad news: Even your carefully-chosen organic peanut butter could be bad for the environment. Peanut butter, like several other “good” foods, can contain palm oil — an oil that’s a much healthier alternative to hydrogenated oil, but one that’s pretty hard on the environment. (In short, the growth of palm oil trees, primarily in Malaysia and Indonesia, has required clearing large swaths of rainforest, displacing communities and leading many species toward extinction.)

There are lots of foods and brands — natural, organic, or otherwise — that contain the oil, so we took a trip to a local Whole Foods to check out which of the “good” ones contain palm oil. And to keep your grocery trips from feeling like an exercise in Sophie’s Choice, we also found some alternatives that don’t contain palm oil. More »