
- Use peanut butter to stuff my dog’s kong toy
- Smear peanut butter over a lickmat
- When medicating my dog, I can use it to hide a pill

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Contents
Why is peanut butter unsafe for dogs?
Best peanut butter for dogs
Runner up peanut butters for dogs
The unhealthy peanut butter that didn’t make the cut
The most dangerous peanut butter for dogs (contain xylitol)
How to keep your natural peanut butter spreadable
Why Is Peanut Butter Unsafe for dogs?





- Peanuts
- Salt
Best Peanut Butters For Dogs
After reviewing over 50 different peanut butters, we narrowed down our recommendations to just three. These top picks hit the sweet spot between quality ingredients, price, availability and taste.Ingredients
- Dry Roasted Peanuts



Ingredients
- Dry Roasted Peanuts
- Salt



Ingredients
- Dry Roasted Peanuts
- Coconut Oil
- Tumeric
- Parsley
- Ginger
- Cinnamon (Cassian)



Runner Up Peanut Butters for Dogs
The following are commonly bought natural peanut butters and would also make great peanut butters for dogs. However, they didn’t make our top picks due to either availability, price, flavor, or texture.- Adams Natural Creamy/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
- Adams Natural Organic Creamy/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
- Adams Natural Unsalted Creamy/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts
- Crazy Richard’s Creamy/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts
- Fix & Fogg Creamy/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
- Good & Gather Organic Stir Creamy/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts
- Great value Organic Creamy/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
- Kirkland Signature Organic Creamy/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
- MaraNatha Organic Creamy/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
- Peanut Butter & Co Old Fashioned Smooth/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
- Smuckers Natural
- Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
- Smuckers Organic Creamy/Chunky
- Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
- Trader Joes Salted Creamy/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
- Trader Joes No Salt Creamy/Crunchy
- Ingredients: Peanuts
- Woodstock Farms Unsalted
- Ingredients: Peanuts
- Woodstock Farms Easy Spread
- Ingredients: Peanuts, Salt
The unhealthy peanut butters that didn’t make the cut
The following commonly bought peanut butters are not recommended for dogs because they add sweeteners, preservatives, transfats, or other unnecessary ingredients.- Adams No-Stir Creamy/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredient: Palm Oil
- Amazon Brand (Happy Belly) Creamy/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils
- DogsButter
- Unhealthy ingredient: Palm Oil
- Great Value Creamy/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils, Monoglycerides
- Good & Gather Creamy/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils
- Jiff Creamy/Crunchy/Extra Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Hydrogenated vegetable oils, Mono and Diglycerides
- Jiff Natural Creamy/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Palm Oil
- Jiff (Simply Jiff)
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils, Mono and Diglycerides
- Jiff (Reduced Fat)
- Unhealthy ingredients: Corn Syrup, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils, Mono and Diglycerides
- Justins Classic Peanut Butter
- Unhealthy ingredient: Palm Oil
- Kong Real Peanut Butter
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
- MaraNatha No-Stir
- Unhealthy ingredients: Palm Oil, Sugar
- Peanut Butter & Co Smooth/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Cane Sugar, Palm Oil
- Peter Pan Original Creamy/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils
- Peter Pan Natural Creamy/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Palm Oil
- Reeses Peanut Butter
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Monoglycerides
- Skippy Creamy/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
- Skippy Natural Creamy/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Palm Oil
- Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Corn Syrup, Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Mono and Diglycerides
- Smart Balance Naturalk Creamy/Crunchy
- Unhealthy ingredients: Sugar, Palm Oil
- Woodstock Farms Classic
- Unhealthy ingredients: Palm Oil, Sugar
The Dangerous Peanut Butters (Contain Xylitol)

- Krush Nutrition’s “Nutty By Nature”
- Go Nuts, Co. Peanut Butter
- Nut’s ’N More
- P28 High Protein Peanut Spread
How to Keep Your Natural Peanut Butter Spreadable
While natural peanut butter is ideal for dogs, it does have a bad habit of separating. If you look at your peanut butter, you might notice the oil rising to the top of the jar. This is a normal behavior of “true peanut butters” that contain just peanuts and maybe a pinch of salt. Here is a simple trick to stop your natural peanut butter from separating…Conclusion
Phew, who knew there was so much to know about peanut butter for dogs? If you have made it this far, you should now know which peanut butter is right for your pup. A recap of our recommendations: The best peanut butters for dogs we reviewed:- 365 Everyday Value Organic – Best Creamy Peanut Butter For Dogs
- Teddie Super Chunky – Best Crunchy Peanut Butter For Dogs
- Poochie Butter – Best Dog Specific Peanut Butter
I had an Aussi which I would give Jiff Reduced Fat. I would put a small amount on my finger not everyday and he had no problems and lived till 14 yrs.
I have not tried this brand yet. It only have one ingredient listed and it is only peanuts. I would like your opinion, before I use it. It is called Crazy Richard’s 100% peanuts! cream. It claims to be Gluten Free, No Salt, No Sugar Added*, plant based, made in USA. It does mention that it has a total of 2g of sugars, total fat 16g, sat. fat 2g trans fat 0g monounsat. fat 8g
sodioum 0mg tatal carb. 5g , Dietary Fiber 3g protien 8g.
You need to look at the ingredients (not the nutritional info) – it’s 100% peanuts no other additives, the sugar and fat is natural from the peanuts.
Hi I’ve been giving my dog Old Home 100% all natural peanut butter. The ingredients listed are dry roasted peanuts and sea salt. Do you know of any other information about old home brand peanut butter which may make it a good or bad dog treat? Thanks
365 PB is my # 1 choice for my two boxers, and they’re crazy for it too!!! I will try Teddy Super Chunky for texture, I just bet they’ll be nut-z for nuts as well. Thank you for this information, great article, and would love to know all the safe foods/fruits/veggies dogs can eat. Also, is there a way to subscribe to articles???
Thank you,
Tina
I use and recommend Smucker’s All Natural PB either crunch or smooth for medication purposes instead of “pill pockets”
1) Its all natural and easy to find in almost any grocery store.
2) It comes separated so I drain off most of the oil off the top, mix the rest in the PB and store in fridge, the cool temp helps keep it the consistency of “playdoh” so can wrap up pills pretty easily without runny PB. (I have an Epileptic dog)
3) I can also use it for myself to make a PB&J sandwich.
Can I know what the specific reason is that Smuckers Natural is a runner up? That is the most accessible PB on this list for me. Thank you!
Smuckers is perfectly acceptable as long as the ingredients are only peanuts and salt, although preferably one without salt is better for dogs.
We have always used Skippy peanut butter because it was recommended as a good quality safe peanut butter for dogs
People are so gullible 🤣
Our dogs absolutely love peanut butter, we can’t even say PB without them getting excited. We fill bones with the stuff for them to extract it. We put it on pills, etc. so we think it has led them to being overweight.
So we decided to try the 365 PB, big mistake, our dogs love PB and they were trying to use their paws to clean the stuff off their tongues. They were licking the towels, carpet to clean their tongues off. They were nearly gagging! I tasted it, yuck slight peanut flavor with gritty sensation like eating sand with a thin paste. We threw out $6 jar. Will just serve them much smaller portions of real peanut butter.
Great info thanks so much!!
All we eat is Teddy All Natural and have had 3 dogs live way past 20 years of age. Yes it is very good for both dogs and humans.
I will be giving him Smuckers Organic until/unless I find one with only peanuts. I also will consider making my own using a blender and good peanuts, unsalted! I make cashew butter for us this way.
People! Read the article! Duh!!!! ! If your peanut butter contains more than peanut butter and salt switch. End of story end of conclusion end of article. Quit asking all these stupid questions about your individual locally sold peanut butters! Read the frigging article!
It’s unfortunate people don’t actually READ the article, before asking questions. Stupid, or lazy? Or both?
I read the article. My peanut butters do not appear in it. Don’t be so rude.
What about black cat peanut butter is it safe ?
It should be but please read the label and make sure it contains only peanuts and natural ingredients with no xylitol
Is “Panda peanut butter” safe for my dog?
Read the label and make sure there are no ingredients in it that are toxic including xylitol
I’ve been giving my dogs the Jif Natural Peanut butter for a very long time now. I hope I didn’t cause too much damage! Thank you for sharing this! I hope they sell thale ones you recommend at my store and not only Amazon?
Hey Amber,
If you can’t find any peanut butters from our list, as per the article above, check the ingredients. You are looking for one or two ingredients at most. Just peanuts, or peanuts and salt (the less salt the better).
I’ve been giving my 6 mo old French bulldog a knife-lick (just after spreading it on bread) of Jif Creamy for a while now. This small amount won’t hurt him will it?
As long as it doesn’t contain xylitol
Hi I would love to know if you have tried the peanut butter from the chewy website? It contains chia seeds and coconut oil. My dog was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and that is how I give her her levothyroxine. I would love your input and thank you!
I give my Great Danes Organic MaraNatha Peanut Butter. I buy the brand that states, “No sugar or salt added.” I give each of them 1/2-1 Tbsp daily, and they love it! I do too. I even use it in my peanut butter cookies. This peanut butter does NOT contain xylitol. It costs $4.99/jar. Of course, prices may vary depending on where one buys it. Thanks!
Hi , what about Kirkland peanut butter?
Hi Margaret,
We covered Kirkland peanut butter in the runner up section.
Read this article, for me, this list of what peanut butter I should feet my puppy/dog. The listdid not contain the brand I was searching fot. Neither good or bad, Peanut butters.
Hi Michael,
We could only review peanut butters that were available to us locally. That’s why we covered the two things that, at most, a peanut butter that is fed to dogs should contain – peanuts and salt. If your peanut butter contains extra ingredients, then you might want consider swapping brands.
Can you tell me if Wegmans PB IS ok for dogs?
Right now my dog is taking an anabiotic and it’s hard to get her to take it I’ve been putting it in the Skippy creamy peanut butter please let me know if this is bad
Hi Valerie,
All the info you need to determine the “healthier” vs least healthy peanut butters for dogs is in the article above. We cover Skippy creamy peanut butter.
I have a Yorkie dachshund mixed dog and I need to find out how to give her her medicine with a peanut butter she only wears 8 lb please help
Hey, what about American Garden peanut butter? i gave it to my dog today and she loved it, but now i’m very worried it might be dangerous!
Hi Mishka,
We outlined the only ingredients (and what to avoid) your peanut butter needs in the article above. If your peanut butter ingredients label contains the extra stuff, it may want to swap over to a different brand.
I just started giving my dog Pb&me peanut butter and I was wondering if that will hurt him? He just turned 13 in human tears and he is a yellow lab! The ingredients in Pb&me are partially defatted peanuts, organic cane sugar and sea salt. It may also contain Almonds and Hazelnuts. Will it hurt my dog or is it alright?
Hi Alivia,
As per the article above, we wouldn’t recommend this peanut butter due to the extra ingredients. If you are in doubt, we recommend speaking to your Vet.
If I remember correctly don’t do t to well with hazelnuts. Don’t take my work please look it up.
I would but I have to take someone for an appointment
I was wondering if PB and Me no sugar added is good for dogs..I did research and it seems to be Pet Friendly.
I read that Kong toys can be dangerous to dogs. They could injure their tongues. I like to mix about a teaspoon of peanut butter into a cup or two of dried food. That way the dried food doesn’t sit in the bowl all day while Duke is constantly looking for treats.
Hi Mike,
Not sure where you read that, Kongs are one of the most popular toys around and are commonly recommended by vets, including those we have spoken to when doing our product review round ups. All toys have the potential to harm your dog. However, given the popularity of the Kong (they have sold millions over the years) tongue injuries would be commonly documented.
With that said, you are the owner, and you have to be comfortable with the level of risk for your dog. I am glad you have found a way to give Duke a tasty peanut butter snack!
and Protein Plus PB
What do you think of jiff no sugar added peanut butter for dogs?
Hi Rachel,
As per our recommendation above, if contains more ingredients than just salt and peanuts, it’s unnecessary. Ideally, your peanut butter should contain just peanuts.
I have a mini schnauzer and was thinking of getting him a lick mat. What other spreads could I give him since he shouldn’t have much peanut butter?
I gave my dog some peanut butter out of a packet and I am unsure of the brand, I am freaking out thinking it may have xylitol in it!!!! have no idea though! This crap doesn’t even have a brand name on it or a label. It was very recently, we are at a hotel and the front desk clerk had some pb packets and we were giving the dog some he ate alot of it
I give my small dog jiff creamy peanut butter gluten free he seems to love it I don’t give it to him very often and he seems to be okay
Hi Shirley,
The purpose of this guide was to point out healthy vs. unhealthy peanut butters. Being a peanut butter, of course your dog is going to love Jiff. He doesn’t know it’s less healthy for him. And if he did know, he probably wouldn’t tell you. Would your dog give up an opportunity for a treat?
Jiff peanut butter may not immediately harm your dog, but it does contain unnecessary ingredients like sugar and that can lead to an increased risk of obesity and heart disease.
Our recommendation is to err on the side of caution and choose a peanut butter without these ingredients.
Also, most peanut butter is gluten free. Peanuts don’t contain gluten.