Yes, your favorite nut butter can spoil.
One caveat: If you found your peanut butter in the refrigerated section of the store , then store it in the fridge when you get home to be safe.
“Ultimately, check the label of your specific peanut butter. If refrigeration is recommended, it will say ‘refrigerate after opening’ somewhere on the label,” Lewis says. Otherwise, it’s really personal preference.It might be a good idea to refrigerate natural peanut butter , but it’s certainly not required. Here’s the thing: Naturalis just peanuts and salt, no processed ingredients—which is great, but that also means the oil tends to separate from the ground-up nuts.
Another perk to the fridge: “The oils in the peanut butter can go rancid after a few weeks if you’re in a hot climate,” she says, so a cool environment can help stave off that outcome.Okay, so now that you know the oil can “go bad” after a couple weeks, you’re probably wondering what that means exactly. “The oils within the nut butter can go rancid,” says Lewis.
,” she says. No matter the date, if you notice mold in your peanut butter, throw it out ASAP. And if it smells funky, go buy a new jar.Enjoy it in less than a month if you store it in the pantry. If stored in the fridge, it keeps up to several months.Stored in the pantry, it stays good for two to three months. It’s fine in the fridge for up to nine months.If you do decide to refrigerate your peanut butter, “you may find it hard to get out of the jar and spread,” says Lewis.
Bottom line: It’s not essential to refrigerate your peanut butter, but it will keep the product good for a longer amount of time.
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