Hemp Seed Butter Takes On Peanut Butter

Peanut butter has long been one of North America’s favorite comfort foods, but the recent, massive product recall scare and the growing number of people with tree nut allergies have boosted culinary experimentation with ‘alternative’ seed spreads that are pleasing health-minded consumers. One of the popular new healthy alternatives to peanut butter is Hemp Seed Butter. While peanut butter has often been touted as a nutritious spread, nutrition experts and consumers are recognizing that Hemp Seed Butter with its 2000 mg of Omega-3 and 11g of protein per serving (2 Tbsp) blows peanut butter away.

Even though more than 181 million people in the U.S. use nut butters on their toast or in their sandwiches, according to a 2006 report from market research firm Packaged Facts, adventurous foodies are finding that the new wave of gourmet seed butters that are replacing peanut butter spreads in refrigerators across North America are an ideal way to add natural texture, flavor, color and nutrition benefits to recipes.

Cinnamon Delight Hemp Spread

1/2 cup Manitoba Harvest Hemp Seed Butter
2 teaspoons raw agave nectar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
pinch nutmeg
pinch sea salt

Stir all of the ingredients together in a bowl.

Hemp Seed - Nature’s Most Balanced Source of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Essential Fats

Hemp Seed Butter contains more heart-healthy omega 3 & 6 essential fats than any other seed or nut butter. It is also one of nature’s richest sources of complete protein. In his book, Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill, nutrition expert Dr. Udo Erasmus states: “Hemp seed butter puts peanut butter to shame in nutritional value.”

What it doesn’t contain also makes nutrition experts happy: no Trans Fats, no hydrogenated oils, no cholesterol, no added sugar, no gluten, no preservatives, and no artificial colors or flavors. Hemp seed butter has an attractive emerald green color, due to its rich content of chlorophyll, a powerful antioxidant.

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