The Whole Truth Crunchy Unsweetened Peanut Butter stands out in India's processed foods landscape as a genuinely minimalist product: 100% peanuts (Java variety from Saurashtra), slow-roasted in small batches, with no added sugar, salt, palm oil, emulsifiers, or preservatives. This aligns with ICMR 2024 guidelines favoring whole-food minimals over ultra-processed spreads loaded with hydrogenated fats and free sugars.
Nothing disqualifying. No disqualifying red flag was found in the current six-axis assessment.
This is not an automatic no, but regular use can crowd the broader sugar, sodium, or processing budget.
This card is the decision shortcut. The detailed evidence and citations live in the six-axis cards below.
Meets the GREEN threshold because evidence indicates no added/free sugars (only trace naturally-occurring, listed as “Sugars <0. 5g”).
There is no indication of sugar appearing in the top-5 ingredients (ingredient list is only peanuts). Source evidence is from the product listing cited.
Meets the YELLOW threshold because the research classifies it as NOVA Group 3 (processed) due to roasting/grinding (i. e.
, not NOVA 1–2). Under the framework, NOVA 3 defaults to yellow when positioned/marketed as a packaged product even if composition is otherwise clean; here the composition is minimalist (just peanuts) with no additives noted in sources.
Meets the GREEN threshold based on the provided nutrition description: no partially-hydrogenated oils/refined oils added and trans fat indicated as “<0. 5g,” with fats coming from peanuts.
While total fat is high (~50g/100g), the red/yellow triggers are about trans fat, sat fat thresholds, or deceptive refined oils; none are evidenced here.
Meets the GREEN threshold because sodium is reported as <50 mg per 100g, which is well below the 300mg/100g yellow threshold and far below the 625mg/100g red threshold. Evidence comes from the product listing source in the research.
Meets the GREEN threshold because the core claim (“made with peanuts and nothing else” / minimalist composition) is aligned with the ingredient list (Peanuts only) in the research. No contradictory nutrition/ingredient evidence, and no ASCI/FSSAI action is provided in the research sources.
Meets the GREEN threshold because the research states a clean record with no recalls, bans, court orders, or sustained adverse regulatory findings presented for this product/brand.
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"This peanut butter is made with just peanuts. But not just any peanuts! We pick only the premium 'Java' variety (native to Saurashtra)."