Augason Farms® Peanut Butter Powder

Peanut butter powder has become quite popular in the past few years, but do you really know what the difference is between it and regular peanut butter, how it’s made, and how you can use it in your everyday cooking? We’re here today to share everything you need to know about peanut butter powder. 

What is peanut butter powder?

Well, peanut butter powder is exactly as it sounds, it’s powdered peanut butter. The process starts out the same way as regular peanut butter, by roasting peanuts. But then, instead of being ground into butter, the peanuts are pressed to remove most of the natural oils and ground into a fine powder. Through this process, most of the oil and fat (and therefore most of the calories) are removed from the product.

What’s the difference between regular peanut butter and a powder?

Here’s a general side-by-side comparison of nutritional facts of butter to powder:

As you can see, the powder has significantly fewer calories and fat while still maintaining a considerable amount of protein. This makes it a great option when you want the taste of peanut butter, but without the calories and fat.