So this is kinda weird...I have (rather had) a jar of natural PB (Kirkland brand from CostCo), I had been storing it upside down in my fridge, no problems for a while, then once I had used up all the PB that had collected at the top of the jar, I got to the stuff at the bottom, and it was all dried out and impossible to spread. It tasted fine, but the texture was sort of like peanut butter that had passed expiration, which this clearly did not (only like a month in the fridge, expiration date is August).
What happened to my PB??
Did the oil all seep out of the stuff on the bottom (or top when it was flipped) ?
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02-11-2009, 07:06 PM #1Brobi Wan Kenobi
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natty pb dried out?
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02-11-2009, 07:26 PM #2Registered User
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Yeah it dried out...same thing use to happen to me i just take it out and let it sit and stir it up once a day or so and havnt had it happen since
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02-11-2009, 07:27 PM #3Eat Lift Sleep Repeat
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I dont have an answer...but this happens to my natty pb too, cept I dont turn it upside down. when this happens, i throw mine out, cuz the texture is too funky. anyhoo, hope to see better answer then mine
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02-11-2009, 07:29 PM #4wears U G G's
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this happens to mine too, of course i leave it uncovered some time but its always the bottom that dries out. to be honest i like the taste alot more, i actually look forward to it lol
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02-11-2009, 07:33 PM #5Brobi Wan Kenobi
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lol well the big problem is I can't spread it, i guess its still usable in a shakeOriginally Posted by Ted Nugent
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02-11-2009, 07:43 PM #6veni vidi vici
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The oil in peanut butter made without stabilizers naturally goes to the top of the container. If you don't stir it, the bottom will have a lesser oil content (or be "dry") and the upper portion will have higher oil content.
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02-11-2009, 08:05 PM #7Bronze Account Holder
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This happens to me too... The only way I've found to semi-prevent it is to mix the peanut butter with an electric mixer, to make sure the oil is spread uniformly through the whole container. If you just stir with a spoon, it won't get mixed up as well.
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02-11-2009, 08:11 PM #8Weight Lifting Addict
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When you stir it up, make sure you are stirring all the way on the bottom. Be sure to get it off the bottom and you shouldn't have a problem.
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02-11-2009, 08:16 PM #9Registered User
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Exactly!.....my Natural PB got dry almost towards the end of the bottle.......on my 2nd one and don't have no problems........just gotta stir is good, and anytime i see a little oil i stir it againOriginally Posted by Ethan Carr
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02-11-2009, 08:27 PM #10Loves Tacos.
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I started using Skippy natural.It's like butter,and you don't have to keep it in the fridge.
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02-11-2009, 08:57 PM #11Brobi Wan Kenobi
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Yeah that ****s good, not full on natty, but nothing I'd go crazy over. I was doing my big back to school shopping at costco and it was the best value for a natty pb they had.Originally Posted by CodyA
so basically if i just stir it up a bit when I open it, i can avoid the bottom stuff drying it?
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02-11-2009, 09:22 PM #12Beach Babe
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stir in a little peanut oil and it's good as new.
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02-11-2009, 09:25 PM #13Registered User
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Skippy Natural FTW. No need to stir and tastes delicious.Originally Posted by CodyA
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02-11-2009, 09:29 PM #14get big or get fat trying
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Agreed!Originally Posted by matrixskillz
Stir it up with a butter knife before you ever put it in the fridge. Make sure to get all the oil to the bottom and mixed up well. Once it is well mixed, put it in the fridge and shouldn't have any problems after that.
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02-11-2009, 10:23 PM #15Registered User
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The oil separated from the pb so it's dry. If you have dry pb, I've found that if you leave it out at room temperature for like 15 minutes before you spread it, it's just fine. The combination of dry pb and the refrigeration make it really hard to spread.
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02-12-2009, 08:00 AM #16Loves Tacos.
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Yeah,theres no need to stir it either. I've never had the bottom dry out of mine,and I've never stored it in the fridge though so i dont know what would happen if you did ,but you don't have too. I wont buy anything else now.Originally Posted by easye7
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02-12-2009, 08:04 AM #17Registered User
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I have the same prob, tried to put in to the microwave for 10-20-30-60 seconds different times and it actually came out with a worse texture instead of melting it...
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02-12-2009, 08:06 AM #18Misc Zymurgist
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um..... is it still cold? maybe thats why its so all firmed up like that and hard to spread. throw it in the microwave fora few secs i bet you can spread it pretty easy then. well you dont have to heat it up but you get what im sayin.
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02-12-2009, 08:33 AM #19Registered User
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Me too! I love the dried PB at the bottom.Originally Posted by Ted Nugent
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02-12-2009, 09:31 AM #20Registered User
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I use Smucker's All Natural and the same thing happens to me.
I just eat the hard stuff at the bottom, no big deal.
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02-12-2009, 10:34 AM #21Uplift
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nuking it for 30 seconds always works for me
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02-12-2009, 11:00 AM #22Busy
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Yep, that's just separation at its worst. I often get sections that are separated so bad it's hard to get the oil in them. You have to chop at them for a while to get it all in. It's odd that this happened on the bottom of the jar while it was upside down. I would have thought the lid would have had the hard stuff.Originally Posted by easye7
Unless of course, this happened before you bought it and put it in the fridge.
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