Product Review: Nuttzo Original Crunchy Seven Nut & Seed Butter

Product: Nuttzo Original Crunchy Seven Nut & Seed Butter – $12.99+

When it comes to food, nothing completes me more than any sort of nut butter.  Peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter (technically, not a nut butter…but close enough!), etc.  I love them.  Give me any flavor (add in honey, chocolate, coconut) too.  I love it.  It is, perhaps, my ultimate comfort and snack food.  When I’m stressed out, I just want a spoon and the nearest container of peanut butter.  No joke.

For awhile now, I’ve noticed and heard of a brand of nut butter that contains seven different nuts and seeds.  Needless to say, I knew a few people who swore by this stuff.  Loved this stuff.  And…as chance would have it…I found this stuff at my local Whole Foods Market.

Problem…it was between $12.99 – $17.99 a jar.  And, as much as I love nut butters…even I couldn’t justify spending that much on a simple (seven variety) peanut butter.  As much as it intrigued me.

Until…it went on sale.  Granted, the original crunchy is in the lower end ($12.99) regular price, but it was on sale for $9.99 one day I was in Whole Foods.  I still have money on a gift card I received for Christmas (best gift ever!), so I figured…why not?  I wouldn’t find it any cheaper.  I made my purchase and never felt one iota of remorse.  YAY!  Expensive peanut butter.  Now I’m living large.

So what is it about Nuttzo?  Nuttzo is a gourmet nut and seed butter that, each variety, contains seven different nuts and seeds.  It is billed as the healthiest and most unique super-butter on the planet.  They have three different flavors…available in the crunchy and smooth varieties: original, power fuel with chia, and Peruvian dark chocolate.  Said to be, perhaps, the next big next big thing in nut butter.  They are easy to spot too…standing upside down on the shelf.  Why upside down?  Because they are a little “nuttzo.”  Heh.  Actually, it’s because all the oils that naturally separate in natural peanut butters will now be at the bottom of the jar and not the top.  Open it without the mess.  YAY!  All of the Nuttzo flavors and products are 100% organic, contain no added sugars or oils, are high in healthy fats and protein, contain flax in every flavor for your daily Omega 3 ALA’s, are gluten-free certified, non-GMO certified, and kosher certified.

I love it already.  Good to know there are ways for a gluten-free. dairy-free, vegetarian to get those important Omega 3’s.

So, while the price had me doubting my purchase…on Sunday, I needed a light lunch (as I had made an epic breakfast and would be making an epic dinner!), so my roommate suggested open face peanut butter sandwiches.  I said, “Should we try the expensive peanut butter?”  She said that it had to happen sometime.  So…down from the top shelf of the pantry my jar of Nuttzo Original Crunchy Seven Nut & Seed Butter came.  I flipped the jar over, opened it up, looked inside and the chunky, nutty and seedy goodness, and gave it a swirl.  I doled up spoonfuls for my roomie and I to “sample” while I put a schmear of it on two pieces of gluten-free toast.

My roomie thought the honey I was going to drizzle on top would make it better.  Me…I was quite happy with all the different things going on in the Nuttzo.  I love smooth peanut butter, but chunky peanut butter…that’s another level.  And this…this is the supreme being…the god of all crunchy and chunky nut butters.  You actually have, swimming in this smooth sea of nutty goodness, chunks of cashews and peanuts and the other nuts (which I will get to), not to mention flax seeds and sunflower seeds, just adding to the texture.  Happy day.  I loved it straight off the spoon.  I loved it spread across a toasted slice of gluten-free bread.  I loved it driizzled with honey.  The only thing I don’t love about it is the steep price tag.  But with all those expensive nuts and seeds inside…I can see why that’s the case.  It just means that if I decide to splurge on nut butter…it will happen only once or twice a year.  This stuff is fantastic…but it is pricey.  Like…I could buy 13 individual cups of Greek yogurt for the price of one jar of this nut butter.  Is it worth it…yeah.  I think it is.  I mean, what’s not to love about something that excites your palate and is smooth and chunky and gritty and rich and tasty and just everything you want from a nut butter all in one?  Absolute nothing.  Except Nuttzo.

Granted…I have a great Vitamix now.  I can probably make this myself for a lot less…but sometimes…convenience wins out.

Let’s talk about ingredients, shall we?  With nut butters you usually have 1 to 2 ingredients.  Well, if you buy organic and natural, like I do.  This is that…but loaded with nuts and seeds.  In fact, the Nuttzo Original Crunchy Seven Nut & Seed Butter is made up of organic peanuts, organic cashews, organic almonds, organic flax  seeds, organic brazil nuts, organic hazelnuts, organic sunflower seeds, sea salt.  LOTS of flavorful nuts and seeds…all that give it this fantastic flavor, sweetness, and texture.  All without adding unnecessary things like sugar.  LOVE!!

As far as nutrition information goes, this is one very super-nutritious, high protein, amazing nut butter.  One serving, of the Nuttzo Original Crunchy Seven Nut & Seed Butter is 2 tablespoons.  This serving will provide you with 180 calories, 16 grams (healthy) fat, 70 mg sodium, 7 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram sugar, 3 grams fiber, and 7 grams of protein.  Like I said…powerhouse.  This nut butter, for someone with my dietary restrictions, is definitely worth the cost.  Heck, it’s worth it’s weight in gold!!

Love comes in so many different forms.  When you’re an athlete with food allergies, sometimes love is as simple as a jar of expensive nut butter called Nuttzo.  I might be “Nuttzo” for being willing to pay for said nut and seed butter, but this gives me so many nutrients in just a serving that I think it’s worth it.  Bought it on a whim, scoffed a little at the price, loved it when I tried it…now…completely obsessed.  It’s hidden so I just don’t take a spoon and eat the entire jar.  Because, trust me, it would happen.