You might think:chocolate spread is healthier, because it contains hazelnuts and nuts are healthy. Yet it is a bit more complicated than you think.
Chocolate spread contains a lot of sugar and saturated fat. Reason enough, according to The Nutrition Center not to include it in the disc of five.
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Now it is also not the case that peanut butter is obviously better than chocolate spread. Only 100% peanut butter, so peanut butter to which no salt or sugar has been added, is in the disc of five. For example, unsalted nuts and peanuts in the form of 100% peanut butter or 100% nut paste are good for your heart and blood vessels.
Chocolate spread has another disadvantage compared to peanut butter. For example, chocolate spread contains cocoa and palm oil. The cultivation of palm oil is an attack on nature. It also takes more steps to make it than peanut butter and that takes a lot more energy.
