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34725Was walking around Walmart and found powdered peanut butter lol. At first I was not surest I bought one to try... Made it at home and me and the wife went back and bought everyone they had... Lol no more worrying about weight...
Easy to make and tasted A LOT BETTER than I had thought!!!!
The name of it is called PBfit and we found it in the baking section....
Has two servings, one if u ask me, 50 calories and 6 grams protein... Very light weight as well...
Interesting...did you eat it plain or dump it into some other food?
we saw a tub of peanut powder at grocery store (Harris Teeter) just the other day.
I haven't figured out what I'd do with it yet, other than wear half of it in a mishap LoL
Interesting...did you eat it plain or dump it into some other food?
we saw a tub of peanut powder at grocery store (Harris Teeter) just the other day.
I haven't figured out what I'd do with it yet, other than wear half of it in a mishap LoL
I just ate it plain but taking a few with me and going to do some experimenting.... I start my Journey tomorrow from springer but the pkg says use anywhere you would normally use peanut butter.... I normally don't eat peanut butter but I am addicted to this because of taste and texture.... and for .98 a pack the price is right and weighs little to nothing as apposed to a jar of Peanut butter.....
give it a try and let me know what you think.....
Greenlight
05-04-2016, 06:44
Just beware that they've taken the fat out of it, so it won't have the same caloric or energy value on the trail. I do believe that when you mix it up you're replacing the peanut oil they have taken out, with water. You probably won't get as far down the trail with it as a jar of Jif.
Just beware that they've taken the fat out of it, so it won't have the same caloric or energy value on the trail. I do believe that when you mix it up you're replacing the peanut oil they have taken out, with water. You probably won't get as far down the trail with it as a jar of Jif.
I was thinking maybe whipping some up one morning and adding almonds and rolling in some trail mix and making up for the missin fat....
It is also marketed as PB2 by the same company, you can get it in a large jar(s) at Costco and other places. Would be much cheaper I imagine to break it out yourself and re-package into serving sizes. Just a thought, as I considered doing it myself.
orthofingers
05-04-2016, 14:40
Just tried it. Tastes like peanut butter to me.
Greenlight
05-04-2016, 20:08
In any case, considering the weight, it just sounds like fun. Let us know how that trail mix concoction turns out.
Definitely buy in bulk and repackage in Ziplock bags. I add PB2 to oatmeal to add a few calories and some flavor. Enjoy.
Wayne
Sent from somewhere around here.
Ps:
This product has been around since forever.
Wayne
Sent from somewhere around here.
Just beware that they've taken the fat out of it, so it won't have the same caloric or energy value on the trail. I do believe that when you mix it up you're replacing the peanut oil they have taken out, with water. You probably won't get as far down the trail with it as a jar of Jif.
NO, for the fifth or sixth post here on several powdered PB threads they have not taken the fat out of it. THE FAT IS 85% REDUCED FROM FULL MIXED NATURAL REAL NON HYDROGENATED OIL ADDED CREAMY PB. And, that is NOT as nutritionally(calorically) disastrous assuming as it may sound in the context of wanting calories from fat for hiking! READ THE LABEL! http://www.betterbodyfoods.com/products/pbfit/ 15 of the 55 cal per serving are fat, REAL FAT FROM PEANUTS, meaning it STILL is 27% fat by caloric content. Before anyone starts poo pooing fat content of an ingredient or a food consider the vast number of ingredients and foods one regularly takes without questioning to the trail that has no where near a 27% fat calorie content!
ALSO, consider many regular non powdered PB brands raise fat calorie content by adding not found in Nature possible health wrecking hydrogenated oil(trans fats) that even the friendly to the food industry FDA is seeking to ban as an added ingredient.
I will sometimes reconstitute with coconut oil for a slightly different flavor. Several companies including PBFit offer a chocolate version.
Vegan Packer
05-05-2016, 03:25
I am in the middle of creating a recipe that uses this, and I expect to post it on my YouTube channel, "Vegan Packer (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-duiX6cJrOKwmI00fQYAQ)," in the next few days. It has scratch made caramel, and I have it for a dessert snack on the trail. It's fabulous! Make sure to subscribe, and you will be able to see it when it posts. :)
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dzierzak
05-06-2016, 10:45
NO, for the fifth or sixth post here on several powdered PB threads they have not taken the fat out of it. THE FAT IS 85% REDUCED FROM FULL MIXED NATURAL REAL NON HYDROGENATED OIL ADDED CREAMY PB. And, that is NOT as nutritionally(calorically) disastrous assuming as it may sound in the context of wanting calories from fat for hiking! READ THE LABEL! http://www.betterbodyfoods.com/products/pbfit/ 15 of the 55 cal per serving are fat, REAL FAT FROM PEANUTS, meaning it STILL is 27% fat by caloric content. Before anyone starts poo pooing fat content of an ingredient or a food consider the vast number of ingredients and foods one regularly takes without questioning to the trail that has no where near a 27% fat calorie content!
ALSO, consider many regular non powdered PB brands raise fat calorie content by adding not found in Nature possible health wrecking hydrogenated oil(trans fats) that even the friendly to the food industry FDA is seeking to ban as an added ingredient.
I will sometimes reconstitute with coconut oil for a slightly different flavor. Several companies including PBFit offer a chocolate version.
From the PB2 website:
"Keep in mind, that PB2 is all natural peanut butter without the fat or the added hydrogenated oil"
Traditional
2 Tbsp:
190 calories
Calories from fat:
130
Saturated fat:
3 grams
PB2
2 Tbsp:
45 calories
Calories from fat:
13
Saturated fat:
0 grams
I'm going to continue eating real peanut butter. By real, I mean peanuts that have been ground up with a little salt and dumped into a jar. It tastes good, is calorically dense, and doesn't require any additional work on my part.
MuddyWaters
05-06-2016, 11:34
Lol
34725Was walking around Walmart and found powdered peanut butter lol. At first I was not surest I bought one to try... Made it at home and me and the wife went back and bought everyone they had... Lol no more worrying about weight...
Easy to make and tasted A LOT BETTER than I had thought!!!!
The name of it is called PBfit and we found it in the baking section....
Has two servings, one if u ask me, 50 calories and 6 grams protein... Very light weight as well...
Not to rain on your parade...
But to overtly make a point...
Hikers NEED the highest calorie /wt foods they can get
This means you carry less wt for your calories carried.
Oils are 240 cal/oz
Nuts are 160-200
Dry carbs are 100-125
Nut butters and nuts are desireable for the high calories and protein. There isnt any issue with regular peanut butter for hiking. Its the #1 hiking staple. A long distance hiker needs food to average 130-150 cal/oz to avoid heavy food carries. Protein sources drag it down. Foods with water drag it down.
This has 118 cal/oz. Not high enough to even consider to me.
Natural fats..are in no way bad for you.
The misplaced health direction by your goverment to limit fats carte blanche has redulted in epidemic diabetes in the US.
Rain Man
05-06-2016, 11:40
Several companies including PBFit offer a chocolate version.
You mean this stuff? I tried it. Thought it'd taste like cardboard, to use the common description for dehydrated trail food.
Pleasant surprise. Tasted amazingly like regular to me.
From the PB2 website:
"Keep in mind, that PB2 is all natural peanut butter without the fat or the added hydrogenated oil"
Traditional
2 Tbsp:
190 calories
Calories from fat:
130
Saturated fat:
3 grams
PB2
2 Tbsp:
45 calories
Calories from fat:
13
Saturated fat:
0 grams
Read the advertising and nutritional specs further. "PB2 is all natural peanut butter without the fat or the added hydrogenated oil. Yes. "without the fat" when compared to full fat PB. Again, MANY full fat PB varieties have ADDED hydrogenated oils that raise the fat content although there are some that don't.
Lol
Not to rain on your parade...
But to overtly make a point...
Hikers NEED the highest calorie /wt foods they can get
This means you carry less wt for your calories carried.
Oils are 240 cal/oz
Nuts are 160-200
Dry carbs are 100-125
Nut butters and nuts are desireable for the high calories and protein. There isnt any issue with regular peanut butter for hiking. Its the #1 hiking staple. A long distance hiker needs food to average 130-150 cal/oz to avoid heavy food carries. Protein sources drag it down. Foods with water drag it down.
This has 118 cal/oz. Not high enough to even consider to me.
Natural fats..are in no way bad for you.
The misplaced health direction by your goverment to limit fats carte blanche has redulted in epidemic diabetes in the US.
AGAIN, before anyone starts poo pooing fat content of an ingredient or a food consider the vast number of ingredients and foods one regularly takes without questioning to the trail that has no where near a 27% fat calorie content! This dried PB has a higher fat calorie content than unflavored pasta, unflavored dried mashed potatoes, tuna(just tuna packed in water), salt, sugar, almost all spices, etc. How many of these items and ingredients regularly find their way into the trail food bag IN ABUNDANCE UNQUESTIONED.
AGAIN, before anyone starts poo pooing fat content of an ingredient or a food consider the vast number of ingredients and foods one regularly takes without questioning to the trail that has no where near a 27% fat calorie content! This dried PB has a higher fat calorie content than unflavored pasta, unflavored dried mashed potatoes, tuna(just tuna packed in water), salt, sugar, almost all spices, etc. How many of these items and ingredients regularly find their way into the trail food bag IN ABUNDANCE UNQUESTIONED.
I don't take any of those foods hiking with me. I do take real peanut butter though.
MuddyWaters
05-07-2016, 00:30
AGAIN, before anyone starts poo pooing fat content of an ingredient or a food consider the vast number of ingredients and foods one regularly takes without questioning to the trail that has no where near a 27% fat calorie content! This dried PB has a higher fat calorie content than unflavored pasta, unflavored dried mashed potatoes, tuna(just tuna packed in water), salt, sugar, almost all spices, etc. How many of these items and ingredients regularly find their way into the trail food bag IN ABUNDANCE UNQUESTIONED.
Want to offer why hikers choose tuna in oil, as opposed to springwater?
1. It has more calories
2. It tastes better
One review described it as gritty, with a faint lingering bitterness that reminded them of beans.
Again, totally worthless imo, but some people will buy anything in the mistaken belief that all fats are bad.
http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-deal-with-powdered-peanut-butter-ingredient-intelligence-201059
I found dried peanut butter at Albertson's grocery store.
I tried it in that Thai Pad recipe, Chad Poindexter's Blog talks about.
The dried peanut butter works well in a Thai noodles recipe.
I can buy PB2 at a supermarket in a town of less than 1,000 folks deep in the piney woods of east Texas. It's everywhere.
Wayne
Sent from somewhere around here.
Red Cinema
05-10-2016, 20:11
I took some of the chocolate pb powdered stuff on a four-day AT run in March. Mixed it in a baggy. Worked ok. My guess is if you're on a thru it won't be worth the hassle unless you're organized enough to pre-pack and stick it into drop boxes. Regular PB is heavy, but convenient and once one has The Hunger it goes fast :)
Lol
Not to rain on your parade...
But to overtly make a point...
Hikers NEED the highest calorie /wt foods they can get
This means you carry less wt for your calories carried.
Oils are 240 cal/oz
Nuts are 160-200
Dry carbs are 100-125
Nut butters and nuts are desireable for the high calories and protein. There isnt any issue with regular peanut butter for hiking. Its the #1 hiking staple. A long distance hiker needs food to average 130-150 cal/oz to avoid heavy food carries. Protein sources drag it down. Foods with water drag it down.
This has 118 cal/oz. Not high enough to even consider to me.
Natural fats..are in no way bad for you.
The misplaced health direction by your goverment to limit fats carte blanche has redulted in epidemic diabetes in the US.
Could you share with us the foods that you find that do meet your calorie/oz requirements? Or maybe there's a link to where someone has provided this?
Thank you.
I have this: http://www.ultralightbackpackingonline.com/foodfacts1.html
If you look at the list there, the sugary food selections start way down the list.
I select food items for recipes from near the top of the list.
I am always interested in palatable entrees, for the outdoors, and a snack grab bag that is not necessarily gorp.
I select the best "human dietary fiber" food items. I avoid high glycemic response individual food items and food products, especially so, now that I find out these "empty calories" interfere with fat metabolism and I am making food choices high in fats. I am not a diabetic. I am looking at excluding insulin spiking food items nevertheless, because I need sustaining energy hiking. I also need the warmth from the metabolic processes involved in digesting food.
I choose more highly flavored food, because food acceptable indoors in comfortable rooms seems bland outdoors.
I learned, here, macadamia nuts are highest in fat. I will find out more about that and find out palatable combinations that use macadamia nuts. Maybe gorp.
Turk6177
05-29-2016, 01:26
I bought some at costco. I think you will find it does not contain near the calories of real peanut butter.
I have had real peanut butter, purchased in co-op type stores, bring your own jar.
It is superior to the grocery store stuff, that I am not sure what is in it, in addition to sugar-added.
I find real peanut butter is sweet enough. I like sunflower butter even better. I think it may be sold in packets, more convenient for a backpack.
Hikingjim
05-29-2016, 07:56
Calorie comparison:
PBfit
http://www.vitacost.com/better-body-foods-pbfit-peanut-butter-powder-15-oz
weight 425g
calories = 65 x 35 servings = 2,275 total calories
Skippy PB calories per 100g = 588.
weight per 425 g = 588 x 4.25 = 2,499
Similar # for kraft.
SoCal Mike
08-20-2016, 17:45
thanks for pointing this product out. I'll look for it. You can always add oil to it (or many other meals) to jack up the fat/calorie content if you wanted to.
There's not much in it besides salt! Pretty worthless in terms of nutrition IMO.
Justin's almond butter packets blow it away.
PB Fit:
Serving Size: 2 tbsp (12g)
Amount per Serving My Daily Value
Calories 65Kcal 4%
Calories from Fat 35Kcal 5%
Total Fat 4g 6%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 124mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 3g 1%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars 1g 2%
Added Sugars 1g 4%
Protein 4g 8%
Vitamin A 0IU 0%
Vitamin C 12mg 16%
Calcium 20mg 2%
Iron 3.6mg 20%
I don't have a dog in the fight, so to speak, but my PB carries 182 calories/ ounce, (6.4 calories/ gram) and the link you gave has a calories per ounce of 118 (less than 4.2 calories per gram). At that point, regular unpowdered PB has more than half again the number of calories for the same weight than the powdered stuff. Again, not saying anything about full vs reduced fat or good vs bad fat, just calories and weight.
I hate to break the news but....Fritos are the worlds best food not peanut butter. It so sad how people lose their way.
Seriously though. The regular pb is better than the powered stuff. You NEED that fat. Yum. And if you are carrying oil to put in the power it is just simpler to buy the stuff with the oil already in it isn't it?
Could you share with us the foods that you find that do meet your calorie/oz requirements? Or maybe there's a link to where someone has provided this?
Thank you.
Dr Braaten is a PhD in nutrition and a long distance hiker. She came up with dietary recommendations for thru hiking a while back. I switched to this diet and it really works. Basically eat about 40% fat, 40% carbs and 20% protein. Check out the link for food recommendations. This really helps as many of the things she says to eat are available at a lot of the sketchy resupply locations like convenience stores.
People who tell you that you 'need' your fresh fruits and veggies while hiking are just wrong. That stuff is for when you are at home. On the trail you push fat and snack constantly.
http://thru-hiker.com/articles/pack_light_eat_right.php
The quote from the article found by following the FAT link:
“ For Long Distance hikers:
Half the fat that you burn is from storage, half is supplied by the food you eat. To minimize pack weight, choose a higher fat menu. A 50-35-15 Diet on the trail is reasonable:
45-55% Calories from carbohydrate
35-40% Calories from fat
10-15% Calories from protein”
Filed for future use.
Thanks!
Wayne
IMO, which is not related to long distance hikers is powdered peanut butter is low fat and VERY easy to cook with, but I don't think tastes that great. As for long distance use, it works pretty good say mixing in oatmeal or protein drinks, just a lot easier to work with. Not sure for me if it's worth every buying again. Even for cooking does not taste as good.
Looks like an extremely highly processed food without much nutritionally. How are you going to rebuild muscles with your 6 g protein (plant based, so not so bioavailable).
Really, a man needs over 100 g protein that you can use, as well as a lot of healthy fats.
You're not going to get that from this product.
But how does it taste???? duh.
Looks like an extremely highly processed food without much nutritionally. How are you going to rebuild muscles with your 6 g protein (plant based, so not so bioavailable).
Really, a man needs over 100 g protein that you can use, as well as a lot of healthy fats.
You're not going to get that from this product.
But how does it taste???? duh.
It tastes like wannabe peanut butter missing all of the good parts.
Pass!
Wayne
flowerboy
02-22-2018, 00:29
good for you on this peanut butter crap . you should look like a Ethiopian by the time you are done with your hike . don't forget the snickers and honey buns
Thefurther
02-22-2018, 09:16
dude , is this keeper of the gate ???
Thefurther
02-22-2018, 09:16
34725Was walking around Walmart and found powdered peanut butter lol. At first I was not surest I bought one to try... Made it at home and me and the wife went back and bought everyone they had... Lol no more worrying about weight...
Easy to make and tasted A LOT BETTER than I had thought!!!!
The name of it is called PBfit and we found it in the baking section....
Has two servings, one if u ask me, 50 calories and 6 grams protein... Very light weight as well...
dude , is this keeper of the gate
It tastes like wannabe peanut butter missing all of the good parts.
Pass!
Wayne
Blah! My feeling entirely. Stuff made with it has a very vaguely peanut taste, not much. I'm keeping my jar, but will never buy another one.