Nuts To You Organic Almond Butter, 250g

Nuts To You Organic Almond Butter Smooth Details

Nuts To You Organic Almond Butter Smooth Highlights

Made from dry-roasted almonds and nothing else - no sodium, no sugar. This notorious nut is a great source of monounsaturated fats, protein, potassium, vitamin C, magnesium, antioxidants. Enjoy as a spread or try an almond pesto. 

Like other nut butters, almond butter retains the nutritional value of the almonds it comes from. It is rich in protein, fiber, and essential fatty acids, although it is also higher in calories than many other nut butters. The uses for almond butter are as varied as they are for peanut butter. It can be employed like a spread, mixed into sauces and dressings, eaten plain, or used in the manufacture of desserts. The flavor is actually quite similar to peanut butter, with a faint hint of almonds.

Different Styles of Nuts To You Organic Almond Butter Smooth

There are a number of different styles of almond butter, starting with toasted or raw. Toasted almond butter has a richer flavor, but some people prefer the milder taste of raw almond butter. The smoothest and creamiest is made from almonds that have been blanched to remove their skins, and then finely ground. More chunky versions include almond skin, and are not ground as finely. The labeling usually indicates the style, and a visual inspection can confirm it. Chunky almond butter has visible chunks, while creamier versions have dark flecks of skin, and the creamiest of all has a smooth, even color and texture.

The fats in almond butter can cause it to go rancid, so it should be kept in a cool dry place until it is opened, and refrigerated after that. This is actually the case with all nut butters, which should also be stirred before serving to ensure that the butter is evenly mixed. A nut butter with a particularly thick layer of oil can be stored upside down before opening, to encourage the oil to migrate to the bottom of the jar. Use caution when storing nut butters this way after they have been opened, however, as an imperfect seal could result in a nasty spill.

Many stores carry almond butter, usually close to the peanut butter and other nut butters. Some stores will also allow customers to grind their own, using a heavy-duty blender or nut grinder. Fresh ground almond butter has a more intense, rich flavor, and lacks the stabilizers sometimes used to keep preserved nut butters from becoming rancid. You can also make your own almond butter at home by grinding almonds in a high powered blender with a pinch of salt, and sometimes the addition of a small amount of oil.

Nuts to You as Source

Located in Paris, Ontario, Nuts to You is 100% Canadian owned and operated. Their products do not contain preservatives, saturated fats or fillers added to their products and all of their nuts are dry roasted, not oil roasted. All of their "organic" butters are made from certified organic nuts and seeds which means they are grown in fields where no herbicides, pesticides or chemical fertilizers have been used for a minimum of three years.

When they began in 1989, the company was directly involved in setting up development projects in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. They offered interest free loans to small growers to obtain organic certification, and also provide them with a fair price for their organic peanuts.

For a variety of reasons, many of those projects have ended, but Nuts to You continues to support fair-trade and organic agriculture through the use of brokers who specialize in fairly traded organic agricultural products from developing countries. Their sesame seeds come from Central America (El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala) and Peru. Their organic almonds come from California, Spain or Italy and their peanuts come from a co-operative of growers in New Mexico or from China. They also make organic soy-nut butter from Ontario soy beans and sunflower seed butter with seeds from the Northern US. 

Use Nuts To You Organic Smooth Almond Butter as a spread or for anything you would use peanut butter for.