Roasted Peanuts, Sugar, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Molasses, Fully Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils (rapeseed And Soybean), Mono And Diglycerides, Salt.

Our Simply Jif® is low sodium* with 33% less total sugar** than regular Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter. *17g fat and 3.5g saturated fat per serving. **Simply Jif Peanut Butter contains 2g total sugar per serving and Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter contains 3g total sugar per serving.

All variants of Jif are produced at a facility in Lexington, Kentucky, which is the largest peanut butter production facility in the world, and a smaller facility in Memphis TN whose products were not affected by the 2022 recall.

Boost of Protein But you don't have to be an athlete to benefit from the protein in Jif peanut butter products. A 2-tablespoon serving contains 7 grams of protein. This amount provides 15 percent of women's and 12.5 percent of men's recommended dietary allowance.

Jif peanut butter got its start in 1946, then under the name of Big Top peanut butter. It was manufactured by Lexington businessman William T. Young. Young sold the business to Procter and Gamble in 1955 and worked for two years to build the Jif brand, archived Lexington Herald-Leader reports show.

Why is the brand called Jif®? The Jif brand was founded in 1958, and the name was chosen because it was easy to say, spell and remember! What is the difference between Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter and Jif® Natural Peanut Butter Spread?

The J.M. Smucker Company (parent company of Jif) donates more than 4 million pounds of food, including Jif products, to food banks across the country.

The Simply version offered a stronger peanut butter flavor but felt only very slightly sweet and moderately salty, while the Jif Natural Peanut Butter had a notable caramelly flavor and was noticeably more sweet.

The J. M. Smucker Company The J. M. Smucker Company (the parent company of the Jif brand) has been a partner with The Peanut Institute for over 22 years and has pledged more than $1 million dollars to the organization since 1996.

After Procter & Gamble purchased a peanut butter brand called Big Top from a Kentucky company, they revamped the brand by adding sugar and molasses, included oils other than peanut oil in the recipe, and branded the new concoction Jif (via The New Yorker).

The Healthy Perks of Peanut Butter

• Satisfy Your Appetite. Peanut butter's combo of fiber (about two grams per tablespoon) and protein (around four grams per tablespoon) packs a powerful appetite-suppressing punch.
• Slim Down.
• Protect Your Pumper.
• Give Yourself Gorgeous Skin and Hair.
• Better Manage Type 2 Diabetes.

It is rich in several nutrients, including protein and magnesium, which may help protect the heart and manage blood sugar and body weight. However, eating too much peanut butter can increase a person's daily intake of saturated fat, sodium, and calories.

Who owns Jif® peanut butter? Jif® has been with The J.M. Smucker Company since 2002. When did Jiffy peanut butter become Jif®? We have always been called Jif® since our company was first founded in 1958!

7-Jif was chosen as the product name because it is easy to say, spell and remember. 8-One in 10 peanuts grown in the U.S. for food use ends up in Jif peanut butter. 9-There are more than 1,200 peanuts in a 28 ounce jar of Jif peanut butter. 10-Americans consume 270 million pounds of Jif annually.

Jif Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Where is Jif's headquarters? Jif's headquarters is located at 1 Strawberry Lane, Orrville.

The Most Spoonable: Jif Creamy Peanut Butter “Big peanut flavor,” said Laperruque. “I would eat this straight for sure.” The toasty-nutty notes are much more prominent, and the soft, whipped texture is “so good, so fluffy,” said Sinha. It's also much more caramel-colored than most of the other brands.