Macro Mike Powdered Peanut Butter - Original, 156g (13 Serves)

What it is

Powdered peanut butter starts as roasted peanuts with most of the oil pressed out, which is why the fat per serve sits at 1.2 g while the peanut flavour stays. Macro Mike adds faba bean protein to lift the protein to 6.6 g per 12 g serve, then sweetens with coconut nectar and monk fruit instead of cane sugar. The original version tastes like roasted peanut with a light sweetness from coconut nectar and monk fruit, so it tastes closer to a sweetened peanut butter than a plain defatted powder.

What a serve looks like

• 6.6 g protein per 12 g serve
• 44.3 calories per serve
• 1.2 g fat and 1.8 g carbohydrate, of which 1.2 g sugars
• 1.5 g dietary fibre per serve
• 13 serves per 156 g jar

How people use it

Two heaped teaspoons with a couple of tablespoons of water gives you a thick spread for toast, rice cakes, or fruit. Loosen it with more liquid and it turns into a drizzle for oats, yoghurt, or pancakes. Plenty of people skip the mixing step and tip the dry powder straight into a shake or into a bowl of porridge, which is the easiest way to add peanut flavour without adding the oil that comes with a jar of regular peanut butter.

Why it sells

A tablespoon of standard peanut butter is mostly fat, so it eats a decent share of a daily calorie budget. This does the same job for a fraction of the calories, which makes it useful when you are tracking intake and still want peanut butter on things. It is plant based, dairy free, and gluten free, so it suits most eating styles.

Nutrition per serving. Per serving (12 g (2 heaped teaspoons)): 1.2 g sugar. Flavour: Original.