Question from KLP
Do the “natural” peanut butters (the ones with only peanuts and salt) REQUIRE refrigeration for health reasons or is that only a suggestion on how to keep the natural oils from separating? Thanks so much for sharing your vast knowledge.
Debra’s Answer
Personally, I always refrigerate mine, but I’ve noticed that in my local natural food store, where they make fresh nut butters, they don’t refrigerate them. They are just sitting on a shelf next to the nut grinder.
On the other hand, these nut butters probably sell fairly quickly. Perhaps there is a reason one might need to refrigerate nut butters for long term storage.
Readers, any thoughts on this?
