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Hey all,

I figured I'd make this post since I was recently looking at the peanut butter section of the store, and every single brand save for Kraft was imported from the US. Kraft, however, likely uses peanuts imported from the US and processes them into peanut butter here in Canada, which allows them to label their peanut butter as a product of Canada.

Peanuts are apparently hardly grown in Canada because of the climate, so importing them from down south makes sense in that regard. However, if you want to find options that source from Canadian farms, Nuts To You Nut Butter makes Sunflower and Pumpkin seed butters that source their seeds from farms in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario exclusively. Just be sure that it says "grown in Canada" on the label since while the sunflower seed butter I bought states that on the label, the pumpkin seed butter I saw didn't have the label like it does on their website, so it might be a recent change they've made. Just gave the sunflower seed butter a try today and it's genuinely incredible.

I was curious as to what brands of nut butters you all know that are made in Canada since peanut butter is such a big part of a lot of people's diets. Would love to see what y'all have to share!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Thank you for this! I'm not OP but this peanut butter is closer to the peanut butter I eat( kraft only peanuts ) and it's not in an insane quantity or price to support a local business.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Time for a bulk buy!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah I eat a ton of peanut butter. Nuts to You brand. Made in Canada of imported ingredients, as you point out. I've never gotten into the other nut butters... 🧐 I just stick with what I like. I'm a 1-person household, and so if I don't eat it... Hazelnut intrigues me. Other butters would be great things for in-store sampling stations (apart from allergy concerns maybe :/), but I've never seen one for Nuts to You

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I truthfully don't eat a lot of peanut butter and try to eat peanut butter that is "only peanuts" as it's a lot healthier that way. You've named all the nut/seed butters I've seen of in a store but there are a couple others if you are willing to make it yourself. Hazelnuts grow natively in Canada but I've never seen any "Canadian made/grown" hazelnut spread. 2 other seed butters that I've heard of and that grow in Canada is Flax and Hemp. There are some native nut species that would work too there seems to be a decent list of native nuts here:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wild-nuts-in-canada

If you are willing to expand outside nuts and seeds and just want a spread, maple butter and apple butter are a thing but they are closer to jams/preserves in my mind.