‘Among the most toxic foods out there’
https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/food/us-experts-warning-why-you-should-never-buy-peanut-butter-in-plastic-jars-c-7938906
A leading expert has warned shoppers against buying peanut butter in plastic jars, claiming it’s “among the most toxic foods out there”.
Tamara Rubin is a leading US child health advocate who’s well known for her work in testing a range of consumer goods for poisons such as lead and arsenic.
The expert is highly regarded for her lead-poisoning prevention work, creating headlines with her investigations into the concerning levels of lead and arsenic that can be found some lines of vintage kitchenware and children’s toys.
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Her advocacy has been covered in print in the New York Times, New York Post and USA Today, as well as major US networks CNN, ABC, NBC and Fox.
Now she’s alerting consumers to the potential dangers of purchasing peanut butter that’s been stored in plastic jars, saying it’s like “eating plastic” and “one of the most toxic foods you can purchase”.
“This is a little bit of advice I have personally been sharing with friends for 17 years now, and I thought it would be good to put it out there to the world,” Rubin claimed.
“Here’s the advice: Don’t ever buy any kind of peanut butter in plastic containers.
“Even organic peanut butter should not be bought in plastic containers.”
Rubin said her colleague Lee Hitchcox originally wrote about the potential dangers in his book, Long Life Now: Strategies for Staying Alive.
She said the concerns stem from the way that peanut butter is processed before its placed in plastic jars.
“Most of the peanut butter on the grocery store shelves (even in many ‘natural foods’ stores) already contains pesticide and/or fungicide residues, tons of sugar and a host of other additives,” she claimed.
“Peanut butter must also be heated to flow through the machinery for it to be quickly, easily and consistently poured into jars (plastic jars are also often then heat-sealed – the sealing of the combination foil-type/plastic barrier that is usually found under the lid for food safety reasons.)
“The concern is that the now hot oils/fats in the peanut butter help the plasticisers (in the plastic jars and lids) leach into the food, and along with all the other chemical residues and additives, make for an incredibly toxic product.
“The plasticisers bond to the oil in the peanut butter as a result of the packaging process.
“The consumer is then eating plastic… which is why peanut butter packed in plastic is one of the most toxic foods you can purchase.”
As a result, Rubin says she only buys peanut butter in glass jars - and implores others to do the same.
Rubin has also released details of results from plastic peanut butter testing, and says her claims are backed up by the findings.
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