Almond Butter: The Healthy Butter
Adults growing up in the United States can recall eating peanut butter jelly sandwiches quite frequently as a child and still children today look forward to this lunch . For the longest time people have been consuming almonds, but only recently has it been made into a paste for people to consume. According to SPINS, nut butters totaled $30 million in natural supermarket sales from June 2007 to June 2008; up 13% from the previous year.
As popular as peanuts are, almonds are making a real surge in nut-butter sales. Jennifer Barney, owner of Barney Butter states, “Almond butter is the most nutritious nut butter you can eat. With each serving providing an excellent source of the powerful antioxidant Vitamin E and magnesium, more calcium than a one-fourth cup of milk, as much protein as an egg, 14% daily fiber and less than half the saturated fat of peanut butter.” According to a Tufts University study in 1996, almonds were shown to be a nutrient dense form of vitamin E, manganese, magnesium, copper, phosphorus, fiber, B-2 and protein. This study also showed almonds were a great part of a weight loss program.
This blog is not designed to discourage shoppers from peanut butter, but to encourage shoppers to explore the other nut options instead of peanut butter. Almond butter shows a lot of promise as a healthy alternative to one’s diet.