Which Peanut Butters Have the Least Sugar?

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Which peanut butters have the least sugar? Who doesn’t love peanut butter? Apparently, as a nation, we eat 700 million pounds of it every year (according to an NPR article and that was in 2009). Personally, I love the stuff.  I love it on toast, with jam, with bananas on top, I even love it mixed into chocolate ice cream. However, what if you are on a low sugar diet? How sugar friendly is peanut butter and what are some of the best lower sugar peanut butter brands available? In this post, I will rank 10 different brands of peanut butter and find out which ones have the least sugar.

How Much Sugar is in Peanut Butter?

As a general rule, most unsweetened peanut butters contain 2g of total sugar per 2-tablespoon serving. Some examples include:

• Justin’s classic;
• Kirkland organic
• 365 unsweetened;
• Teddie; and
• Crazy Richards.

Some unsweetened peanut butters like Santa Cruz can contain as little as 1g of total sugar per serving.

Which Peanut Butters have the least Sugar?

Which peanut butters have the least sugar? In order to answer this question, I selected 10 peanut butters at random and looked at whether there is added sugar as well as what the total sugar content per serving is. So, let’s dig in. How much sugar does peanut butter contain and what peanut butter contains the least sugar?

Summary Table – Peanut Butters Ranked based on Sugar Content

Below is a summary table of 10 different peanut butter brands ranked based on sugar content. For each entry, I have listed whether it contains added sugars and what the total sugar content per serving (2 tablespoons) is.

As you will see from the table the total sugar content per brand varies from 1g to 4g of sugar.

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Peanut Butter	Is Sugar Added?	Total Sugar Content Per 2 Tablespoon Serving
1. Santa Cruz Organic Light Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter	No	1g
2. Justin’s Classic Peanut Butter	No	2g
3. 365 by Whole Foods Market Organic Unsweetened Peanut Butter	No	2g
4. Kirkland Organic Creamy Peanut Butter	No	2g
5. Teddie All Natural Peanut Butter	No	2g
6. Crazy Richard’s Crunchy Peanut Butter	No	2g
7. Amazon Brand Happy Belly Creamy Peanut Butter	Yes	3g
8. Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter	Yes	3g
9. Jif Creamy Peanut Butter	Yes	3g
10. Justin’s Honey Peanut Butter	Yes	4g

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What About Other Nut Kinds of Butter?

Before I continue, if you are interested in reading about the sugar content of cashew and peanut butter you can here in the posts I wrote on the topic:

• Is Cashew Butter High in Sugar?
• Is Almond Butter High in Sugar?
• Which Nut Butters Contain the Least Sugar?

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Ranking the Sugar Content of Peanut Butter Brands – item-by-item

In this section, I will go through each of the 10 entries listed in the above table item by item.

1. Santa Cruz Organic Light Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter – 1g of Total Sugar

First up is the lowest sugar peanut butter I came across in my search – Santa Cruz organic light roasted creamy peanut butter. Santa Cruz organic peanut butter does not contain any added sugar and contains a mere 1g of total sugar content per 2-tablespoon serving. This is pretty impressively low!

You can find Santa Cruz organic peanut butter on Amazon here.

2. Justin’s Classic Peanut Butter – 2g of Total Sugar

Another great no added sugar peanut butter is from a big name in the nut butter world – Justin’s classic peanut butter. There is no added sugar in Justin’s classic peanut butter and just 2g of total sugar content per 2 tablespoon serving. You can find this Justin’s classic peanut butter on Amazon here.

If you are interested, I also talked about Justin’s in the post I wrote on the sugar content of almond butter. You can read this post here – Is Almond Butter High in Sugar?

3. 365 by Whole Foods Market Organic Unsweetened Peanut Butter – 2g of Total Sugar

365 makes some awesome products – many of which I have already talked about here at Low Sugar Snax! One of these awesome products is their organic unsweetened and no salt-added peanut butter. The added sugar content is of course 0g and the total sugar content per serving is 2g of sugar.

You can find 365 organic peanut butter on Amazon here.

4. Kirkland Organic Creamy Peanut Butter – 2g of Total Sugar

If you are a Costco shopper, then good news – Costco’s Kirkland brand organic creamy peanut butter is added sugar free and contains 2g of total sugar per 2 tablespoon serving. You can also buy it in bulk.

You can check Kirkland’s organic creamy peanut butter out for yourself on Amazon here.

5. Teddie All Natural Peanut Butter – 2g of Total Sugar

Another added sugar free peanut butter comes from Teddie. Like so many other peanut butters so far on this list, Teddie All Natural Peanut butter is added sugar free and contains 2g of total sugar per 2 tablespoon serving. Teddie All Natural Peanut Butter can be found on Amazon here. This peanut butter is also “super chunky” for all of you on the team crunchy out there! There is also a cute teddy on the label. Sold.

6. Crazy Richard’s Crunchy Peanut Butter – 2g of Total Sugar

The final added sugar free peanut butter I came across is Crazy Richard’s crunchy peanut butter. This peanut butter is made from 100% peanuts. Love. This peanut butter contains just 2g of total sugar per serving.

This simple crunchy peanut butter can be found on Amazon here.

7. Amazon Brand Happy Belly Creamy Peanut Butter – 3g of Total Sugar

Next up is the first added sugar peanut butter on this list. Amazon’s brand of peanut butter – Happy Belly is sweetened with sugar. There are 3g of total sugar per serving – 2g of which are added sugar.

8. Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter – 3g of Total Sugar

Next up we have a very well-recognized peanut butter brand – Skippy! Skippy’s creamy peanut butter is sweetened with sugar and contains 3g of total sugar, 2g of which is added. So basically, the same situation sugar-wise as Amazon’s Happy Belly brand of peanut butter.

On a side note, Skippy’s “natural creamy” peanut butter also contains 3g of sugar per serving.

9. Jif Creamy Peanut Butter – 3g of Total Sugar

Another big peanut butter brand is Jif. Jif peanut butter is sweetened with sugar and molasses and contains 3g of sugar per serving.

10. Justin’s Honey Peanut Butter – 4g of Total Sugar

It’s not a huge surprise that Justin’s honey peanut butter is a little higher in sugar – I mean the clue was in the name. Justin’s honey peanut butter is sweetened with honey and organic cane sugar. There are 4g of total sugar per serving – 3g of which are added.

Sugar In Peanut Butter F&Q

Does Peanut Butter Have A Lot Of Sugar In It?

As a general rule, most unsweetened peanut butters contain 2g of total sugar per 2-tablespoon serving. As a general rule, most sweetened peanut butters contain 3g of total sugar per 2-tablespoon serving.

What Is The Best Peanut Butter Without Sugar?

One of the lowest sugar peanut butters is Santa Cruz Organic Light Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter. This peanut butter is added sugar free and only contains 1g of total sugar per 2-tablespoon serving.

How Much Sugar is in a Spoon of Peanut Butter?

As a general rule, there is 1g of total sugar (0g of added) per tablespoon of unsweetened peanut butter. As a general rule, there is 1.5g of total sugar per tablespoon serving of sweetened peanut butter.

Is There a Lot of Sugar in Jiff Peanut Butter?

Jiff Peanut butter contains 3g of total sugar per 2-tablespoon serving. This is normal for sweetened peanut butter.

Does Skippy Natural Peanut Butter Have Sugar in it?

Skippy natural peanut butter does contain added sugar. There are 3g of total sugar per 2-tablespoon serving of Skippy natural peanut butter.

Which Has Less Sugar – Skippy or Jif?

Skippy and Jif peanut butters tend to have the same sugar content. Both Jif and Skippy creamy peanut butters contain 3g of total sugar content per 2-tablespoon serving.

How Much Sugar is in Peanut Butter Without Sugar?

As a general rule, most added sugar free peanut butters contain 2g of total sugar per 2-tablespoon serving. There are, however, some peanut butters such as Santa Cruz Organic Light Roasted Creamy Peanut Butter that only contain 1g of total sugar per serving.

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Which Peanut Butters Have the Least Sugar? – The Final Bite

Which peanut butters have the least sugar? If you are looking for peanut butter with the lowest sugar, then your best option is to always pick unsweetened peanut butter. Santa Cruz has the lowest sugar peanut butter brand at 1g of sugar per serving. However, you can expect to find around 2g of sugar per serving in most unsweetened peanut butter brands. And fun fact, did you know that peanuts are not actually nuts (I know mind-blowing) they are legumes! You will never think of peanut butter the same again.

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