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Which peanut butter will win the taste test, Jiffy Peanut Butter or Store Brand Peanut Butter? Which peanut butter will be more nutritionally healthy for you?

I think Jiffy Peanut Butter will be selected. The commercials always say, “Choosey mothers choose Jiffy Peanut Butter!” My mother always buys Jiffy Peanut Butter for us to eat and make sandwiches, however, she buys the Great Value Brand to cook with.

I set up my experiment at my breakfast table, using four places. I placed a plate on each placemat with two spoons. One spoon had the Jiffy Peanut Butter on it. The other spoon had the Great Value Store Brand Peanut Butter on it. I placed the jars of peanut butter out of site, but I placed a red mark on the bottom of the Jiffy and a blue mark on the spoon with Great Value brand. I made sure each place setting had a glass of water with lemon so the could rinse their mouth between samples.

My Grandfather immediately chose the Great Value store brand. My Grandmother had to repeat the test, but decided on the store brand as well. My sister selected the Jiffy. My mother agreed with my grandparents that the Store Brand Peanut Butter was the best as far as taste was concerned.

We then compared the ingredients of the peanut butters. They both appeared to be compatible nutritionally, however, one concern the girls in our family had, was the store brand peanut butter had was the less calories than the Jiffy Peanut Butter, however. More calories from fat.

Caring mothers choose what kind of PEANUT BUTTER? The answered my surprised my family as I’m sure it would a lot of other families. The cost per jar is about 30% less for the Store Brand compared to the Jiffy.
Three out of four people chose the Great Value Store Brand Peanut Butter over Jiffy Peanut Butter. The nutritional value on both were very closeto the same. The texture of each were very similar, with the Store Brand being thicker. The Store Brand Peanut Butter was...