tell me about sun butter (I think that's what it's called)

ready2go

(I'm referring to a peanut-free "peanut butter" product)

dd is starting kindergarten in the fall and I'll need to pack lunches.  she's not allergic to nuts but I prefer not to send it on the off chance that someone who is allergic comes in contact.  Peanut butter rollups (tortilla) are our easiest lunch around here.

 does it taste like real peanut butter?

ETA - also, where can I buy it normal?  normal grocery store or some place like TJs or Whole Foods?

Mrs Manners

Yes. It's quite good. It taste like natural peanut butter more than something like Jiff. Ds eats it and almond butter all the time.

firefightersgal

My DD is allergic to peanuts, so we use Sunbutter exclusively.  If you eat it by itself,  you can tell it is made from sunflower seeds.  However, on bread, I think it tastes very similar to peanut butter.  It has the same color and texture.  We love it!

juniper19

DD's school banned all nuts AND sunflower seeds so we used soy nut butter.  Whole Foods has a few brands and some fun flavors.  DD now likes it better than real PB.

dawnc78

We used it with DD and DS until they were each 3 (we have a strong family history of food allergies) they both loved it and still do ( we do eat peanut butter but when we have friends over with allergies we eat the sun butter).

It is a little expensive but worth it if you can't do peanut butter for whatever reason...nothing is easier than a SB&J sandwich.

omurray

My Target used to carry it, but they don't anymore.  Our Jewel-Osco has it.  I have bought it from peanutfreeplanet.com and most recently I bought it in bulk (6 jars) from amazon.com

heyitsme

One thing you might want to know is that it's pricier than PB. It runs about $7/jar here.

And the Trader Joe's sunflower seed butter is actually manufactured by SunButter, but tends to be cheaper.

shouldbworkin

My kids love it.  DS prefers it to PB.  We put it on cinnamon bread and tortillas for lunches.  I buy it at Walmart and TJs.

MrsFallBride

As a peanut allergy mom who has a DS starting pre-k, I say kudos to you for even thinking about the possibility of another child's allergy!!  How awesome!!

CleoKitty

It's good. Different than peanut butter, but good. It's all we buy now and the whole family is now used to eating that instead of peanut butter. We buy the Trader Joe's brand for $4/jar- best price I've seen on it.