A note of caution for dog owners!

[Hippiechk]

This caught my eye...

 

[highdesertranger]

thanks Hippiechk. although I don't normally give my dog peanut butter it's good to know. why do they put this crap in food anyway. highdesertranger

 

[SoulRaven]

Good info, thank you. I use only the natural peanut butter, the one where the oil separates. My dogs might get a little on a cracker, but nothing more. I don't eat any of the "fake" sugars myself either, so am always watching labels.

 

[dragonflyinthesky]

Thank you for the heads up.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

why do they put this crap in food anyway.

So they can advertise 'low sugar'.

I only use PB to administer meds.

 -- Spiff

 

[ArtW]

Thank you for posting hippiechk

 

[Every Road Leads Home]

thanks Hippiechk.  although I don't normally give my dog peanut butter it's good to know.  why do they put this crap in food anyway.  highdesertranger

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[Jim Plow]

Wow, Thank you for the heads up. 

 Peanut butter is one of my on the road foods and I always share what I eat with Tiger.

 

[Every Road Leads Home]

At Whole Foods you can take the peanuts and put them right into the machine that turns it into peanut butter. 100% peanuts go in, 100%peanuts come out. If you're buying it and there isn't oil on the top of the container that you have to mix back in, then it's not real peanut butter

 

[Ella1]

There are a few brands that are just peanuts: no salt, no sugar. Laura Scudder is one. Krema (from Fry's) is another. I think the Scudder came from Safeway, both in southern Arizona. There's probably others, but you do have to look for them. Jif and Skippy's ain't it!

 

[JoRow]

Great! I've been feeding Suki her antibiotics with jif...

Thanks hippychk


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[Hippiechk]

Great! I've been feeding Suki her antibiotics with jif...

Thanks hippychk


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Jif is fine for now! It's got some sugar but do watch for them to switch.

Timex adores peanut butter & likes the sweet stuff but I will make sure to check from here on in!

 

[TrainChaser]

That was news to me, too. So I looked around online...

From a vet news website, dated 7-15-15: "Xylitol now found in certain peanut and nut butters": http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/xylitol-now-found-certain-peanut-and-nut-butters

At that time (a year ago), there were only three brands of PB containing it: Nuts 'More, Krush Nutrition, & P-28 Foods.

Xylitol: Not as Sweet As It’s Cracked Up to Be: http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/xylitol-not-as-sweet-as-its-cracked-up-to-be/

Two pieces of xylitol-sweetened gum will kill a rat. Rats are what scientists use to test things on to 'prove' safety for humans, right?