Ever since I was a child, one of my favorite foods has been and is creamy peanut butter. Quite often, the brand of peanut butter that I choose to eat is Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter. Recently however, I had the opportunity to try Planters Creamy Peanut Butter for the first time and I’m glad that I had the opportunity.
When I opened my kitchen cabinet a few days ago and saw the Skippy and Planters peanut butters sitting side by side, I realized that a comparison review of the two items was presenting itself.
Presented here, in an effort to assist the consumer, is an article which reviews and compares Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter and Planters Creamy Peanut Butter.
Size
The 16.3 ounce jars of Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter and Planters Creamy Peanut Butter are being compared in this article. The serving size for each of these brands of peanut butter is two tablespoons. Each jar also contains about 14 servings.
Price
The regular retail price charged for one 16.3 ounce jar of Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter at Hartford, Connecticut area food retailers varies. At many major supermarkets, the price is approximately $3.49. At chain pharmacy locations, the price ranges between $2.87 and $3.69. At these pharmacies, Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter is often on sale with sale prices ranging between $1.75 and $2.99 per container.
The regular retail price charged for one 16.3 ounce jar of Planters Creamy Peanut Butter at Hartford, Connecticut area supermarkets is approximately $3.89. When I recently purchased a jar of this peanut butter at a Walgreens Pharmacy, the price I paid was approximately $3.69.
Consistency / Texture
While Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter and Planters Creamy Peanut Butter may be similar in appearance, the Planters peanut butter looks a little bit lighter in color to me.
Both brands of peanut butter are smooth and easy to spread, but I think that the Planters peanut butter is perhaps just a little bit thicker than the Skippy peanut butter. At any rate, both of these creamy peanut butters offer great spreadability and their individual mouth feels are quite appealing.
Nutritional Facts
Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter contains 190 calories, with 140 calories from fat, per two tablespoon (32 grams) serving. This peanut butter also contains 3 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams trans fat, 16 grams total fat, 0 mg of cholesterol, 150 mg of sodium, 7 grams total carbohydrates, 2 grams of dietary fiber, 3 grams of sugars and 7 grams of protein, per two tablespoon serving.
Planters Creamy Peanut Butter contains 180 calories, with 140 calories from fat, per two tablespoon serving. This variety of peanut butter also contains 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams trans fat, 15 grams total fat, 0 mg of cholesterol, 150 mg of sodium, 8 grams total carbohydrates, 2 grams of dietary fiber, 3 grams of sugars and 7 grams of protein, per two tablespoon serving.
Taste / Flavor
Sometimes, when two similar products are being reviewed and compared, it is difficult to declare one of the products the best-tasting of the two. For many years, I have been eating Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter and I always enjoy its appealing flavor.
So far, I have purchased and eaten one jar of Planters Creamy Peanut Butter and I must say, I’m very impressed. As soon as I opened the jar of Planters Creamy Peanut Butter, I could smell the aroma of real peanuts. Upon tasting the Planters item for the first time, my tastebuds were very pleased.
To be honest, as soon as I saw Planters Creamy Peanut Butter on the shelf at a West Hartford, Connecticut Walgreens Pharmacy, I figured that it would offer a very authentic and pleasing flavor, because it is a Planters peanut product. My thoughts proved to be accurate. The Planters Creamy Peanut Butter does indeed offer a very pleasing flavor that is not only peanutty, but it is also nicely balanced.
Packaging
Both of these brands of peanut butter are packaged in standard-type plastic peanut butter jars. Each jar is easy to open and includes a safety seal.
The front label of the Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter container features aquaish-blue stripes with an illustration of peanuts and peanut butter in the foreground along with the white and red Skippy logo. The rear label lists all relevant ingredient and nutritional information, as well as fun facts about the product.
The largely blue and yellow front label on the new Planters Creamy Peanut Butter container shows an illustration of Planters’ famous spokespeanut Mr Peanut, with his ubiquitous top hat, monocle and walking cane and the rear label lists all pertinent nutrition and ingredient information.
Overall Rating
All things considered, Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter and Planters Creamy Peanut Butter are both tasty and well-textured products. Each of these peanut butters offers an authentic peanutty flavor, but the Planters product tastes a little more like fresh peanuts to me and the Skippy product tastes sweeter than the Planters peanut butter, although both butters contain the same amount of sugar.
Not to cop out or anything, but I wouldn’t even try to declare one of these brands of peanut butter as having the best overall flavor. Truthfully, each of these creamy peanut butters is very good and I highly recommend both brands.
Sources :
Personal experience with the products
The product labels
