Sunflower Seed Butter page

[tanyahk]

So, sunflower seeds are GOOD! Sunflower seed oil is BAD! What about sunflower seed butter??

Ingredients:
Sunflower seeds
evaporated cane juice
salt

All nutrition facts were the almost exactly the same as Almond Butter when I compared the two at the store (both were Trader Joe's brand label).

So - thoughts on Sunflower Seed butter?

[kimdowse]

I get the Sunbutter Organic where the only ingredient is organic sunflower seeds. It's a nice substitute for peanut butter.

[Stu]

Same advice as it is for all other nuts. Don't over do it!

It is really easy overeat on nut butters, and thus skew your omega 6 levels. I don't even bother buying it anymore because I know I will devour the whole jar in no time.

[peril]

evaporated cane juice

Ha ha ha ha ha. It's sugar!

Sunflower seeds are passable because they're hard to eat in large quantity. Nut/seed oils and butters are too rich in Omega-6 for me. They should only be seen as an occasional indulgence

[tanyahk]

I won't eat alot of it I know that - I used to spread PB on english muffins and bagels and now I don't know what I would use it with (apples maybe but I don't think often). However I tried almond butter and HATED it and wanted to see if maybe I would like this as a substitute if the occassion came up that I did want something like a PB.... Thanks all!

[dragonmamma]

Looking at the label from the jar I have of the Trader Joe's brand...2 T. contains 3g of sugar, so the added sugar is fairly minimal. Considering I'm not eating large quantities, I don't worry about it. (I'm not one of the "hard core" primals.)