Power Butter

“Here I come to save the daaay!
That means that Mighty Mouse is on his way.
Yes sir, when there is a wrong to right
Mighty Mouse will join the fight.
On the sea or on the land,
He gets the situation well in hand.”

While Power Butter cannot fly, it is still an interesting product.

Convenience, convenience, convenience. That’s what most eating habits come down to. What’s in front of me? How fast can I get it? Do I have to cook it?

Well, Power Butter presents a potential short-cut in the daily challenge of getting protein, fiber and healthy fats. First of all, you don’t have to cook it, it’s portable, and it tastes good. Second of all, it doesn’t have any objectionable ingredients like hydrogenated oils or high-fructose corn syrup.

So what is it?

It’s essentially a jar of peanut butter, with extra protein (from egg whites) healthy fats and fiber (from flax) and honey, salt and wheat germ for flavor.

It advertizes a serving size as 4 tablespoons – compare that to regular peanut butter, which lists a serving as 2 tablespoons. So if we cut the serving size in half, Power Butter comes out looking like this:

• Basically the same amount of calories, fat, fiber and sugar as regular peanut butter.
• A small amount of omega-3’s, which regular peanut butter doesn’t have.
• Twice as much protein as regular peanut butter.

Most people think it tastes better than regular peanut butter – because of the honey and flax flavor – but that’s a matter of personal preference.

The only problem I have with Power Butter is the unground flax seeds. Flax seeds are really only beneficial when ground. Otherwise, they tend to just pass right on through the body; it doesn’t do you any harm – it just doesn’t do you any good either. You still get some benefit from the flax oil included, but the seeds are not as valuable here.

So can you make your own? The ingredients are simple enough – but I’ve tried it myself, and I’ll say this:

• I don’t like the idea of using raw egg whites, and I don’t know how to cook them in properly.
• You can get more benefit from grinding the flax seeds, so that’s a plus.
• Making it come out right isn’t so easy… the texture can be hard to deal with.
• It’s pretty messy to make.

Overall, I think it’s a pretty good product (though it could be better), and it does make things a bit simpler. It’s also not very expensive.

If you do decide to try some, you can put “IanKayTraining” in the coupon code box and get 5% off.