Peanut butteris a staple food in many American homes and is enjoyed around much of the globe.

Here’s how to steer clear of the lowest-quality peanut butter brands.

Good & Gather Creamy Peanut Butter

The second ingredient in thisTarget brand peanut butteris sugar.

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It contains vegetable oils, molasses, and added sugar.

And Mono- and diglycerides, added to preserve the shelf life, perMedical News Today.

It features added sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oils, dextrose, and monoglycerides.

Good & Gather Creamy Peanut Butter

Target

And salt and peanuts, of course, but we’re OK with those.

Check out Great Value’s organic variety of peanut butter.

The ingredients here are peanuts, sugar, palm oil, salt, and molasses.

Simply Jif Creamy Peanut Butter

Amazon

Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter

Walmart

Great Value Crunchy Peanut Butter

Walmart

Reese’s Creamy Peanut Butter

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Peter Pan Honey Roast Creamy Peanut Butter

Amazon

Jif Natural Creamy Peanut Butter

Amazon