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Presenting POH Peanut Butter!!!

June 17, 2010 on 9:17 am | In Main Category | 1 Comment

Did you know that your average peanut butter contains more than just peanuts? A typical jar of your favorite creamy (or chunky?) nutty butter is chock full of sugar, molasses, hydrogenated vegetable oil, salt, and mono and diglycerides… whatever that means. That’s why Project Open Hand decided to stop using the store bought butter that is full of mysterious, and not so healthy ingredients. Thanks to Dan, one of our amazing staff members, Project Open Hand currently grinds our own fresh peanut butter regularly for our wonderful clients. And it gets better! Our peanut butter is made with just one ingredient… peanuts! Just the way it should be. By doing this, not only are we producing an all-natural, preservative-free product, but we have also reduced our annual peanut butter costs by forty percent! With these savings, we are able to produce more food for more people every year. Curious as to how this delicious and healthy treat tastes? Project Open Hand is excited to announce that their Peanut Butter will be available to the public at Whole Foods on Franklin and California Streets in San Francisco very soon. And, thanks to the generosity of Whole Foods, one-hundred percent of the proceeds will be donated back to Project Open Hand so that we can continue serving nutritious meals with love. We will announce our Peanut Butter’s premiere on the grocery store shelf as soon as possible – but start spreading the word today!

-Hannah and Ilana