Peanut butter is a cupboard staple that can be enjoyed in countless ways: spread on toast, stirred into porridge, blended into smoothies, added to pancakes or simply eaten by the spoonful. Naturally rich in protein, it can be both tasty and nutritious 🥜
There’s a huge variety to choose from, but not all peanut butters are made the same. The simplest recipe contains only peanuts, while others may include added sugars, salt, oils or other unnecessary ingredients.
To help you navigate the options and perhaps discover a new favourite, we’ve selected 10 of the best-rated peanut butters on Yuka.
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Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter - Meridian
Excellent - 94/100
Organic roasted peanuts are the only ingredient in this crunchy spread, with no added sugar, salt or oils. |
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Crunchy Peanut Butter - Morrisons
Excellent - 90/100
Made from 100% roasted peanuts, this crunchy spread provides around 26g of protein per 100g, with no added salt, sugar or oils. |
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100% Peanut Butter Smooth - Marks & Spencer
Excellent - 90/100
Smooth and creamy, this peanut butter keeps things simple with roasted peanuts and no unnecessary ingredients. |
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Crunchy Peanut Butter - ASDA
Excellent - 90/100
A simple crunchy spread with no added sugar or oils, and a good source of plant-based protein. |
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Peanut Butter Crunchy - Grandessa
Excellent - 90/100
With its crunchy texture and simple composition, this peanut butter is a great option for toast, porridge or snacking. |
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Smooth Peanut Butter - Whole Earth
Excellent - 90/100
Made with nothing but peanuts, this smooth spread is free from palm oil and stabilisers, and consists majoritarily of unsaturated fats. |
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100% Peanut Butter Smooth - Millie's
Excellent - 84/100
A creamy spread made simply from roasted peanuts, with no added sugar or oils. |
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Crunchy Peanut Butter - Sainsbury's
Excellent - 84/100
Made solely from roasted peanuts, this crunchy peanut butter is a source of fibre and protein, with no added sugar or salt. |
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Crunchy Peanut Butter - Maribel
Excellent - 84/100
A simple crunchy peanut butter that is naturally high in protein and contains no added sugar. |
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Smooth Peanut Butter - Tesco
Excellent - 84/100
Naturally smooth with just one ingredient, this peanut butter contains no additives, emulsifiers or preservatives, and no added sugar, salt or palm oil. |
Like all our rankings, this one was conducted completely independently, and no brand has paid to be included.
Very helpful as I love peanut butter! Thank you
Nothing I’m familiar with in Australia 🤔
There’s no way & without possibility that MANILIFE smooth roasted 🥜 peanut butter is not No. 1 on that list.
I normally don’t even like peanut butter, it’s nearly always dry & difficult to eat.
Agree Manilife is amazing. Why is it not on the list ?
Thank you very much
Love the Yuka App
What about waitrose?
Very interesting thank you very much
I love peanut butter, so thanks for this however ‘Crunchy Peanut Butter – Maribel’ gets a score of 100/100 so why is it number 9 on the list instead of number 1?
Good question! I was wondering this too.
Thanks for this, I often wonder which nut butter is ‘best’. Unfortunately, this doesn’t give me the answer. I would find this guide easier to follow if all descriptions gave the same information. E.g., some say high in protein, others say no oils, sugar or salt, others just no sugar – I don’t believe these are genuine differences.
Given they are all single ingredient peanut butters, what differentiates the scores? That is the info that should be in the descriptions. Is it organic? Is it in glass or plastic, with metal or plastic lid? Is crunchy healthier than smooth?
There appears to be only one organic peanut butter included. What stops the organic one being the highest scorer? And what stopped other organic peanut butters from reaching the Top Ten?
Someone further down the comments made an excellent point about testing for aflatoxin, which I consider would be an essential part of the assessment that is difficult for the individual consumer to do.
I understand this is a free app and you are working with limited resources. I would rather you focus your attention on making fewer articles and reviews that are as informative and useful as possible, and less on attention-grabbing titles that have less helpful content. I do appreciate what you are aiming to do – thank you for your efforts.
What about the peanut butter powder with reduced fat
Good to know – Thank you! I have used Meridian, Whole Earth & Sainsbury’s
Very interesting , thank you very much Yuka
Thank you very much for info.
I thought Aldi would have been one of them.
very useful article , thank you
What about skippy peanut butter
So good to know which ones are the best thank you Yuka
No Lidl or Aldi peanut butter……
Can’t believe you’ve missed out Aldi – 100% peanuts and fantastic value for the price.
Not sure why Asda planet butter wasn’t listed as that has good score
pip and nut dark roast is amazing, it is the only peanut butter I now buy, expensive but worth it
Maribel peanut butter on your list as 100/100 but is 84/100 in the app.
Regards
Des
Just wondering why Manilife peanut butter was not on your list.
Me too. It’s my go too
Very disappointed that you don’t rate organic peanut butters more highly than those grown potentially with pesticides etc.
Why is Maribel 100/100 on this and 84/ 100 on app?
The figures are different when you click into the app.
But why are they different?
Where does Sunpat crunchy come on your list
Nice
Manilife is excellent.
I have been using Maribel 100% peanut butter for a number of years before I got the app. It’s most likely the cheapest too but originally the healthiest was probably whole earth which was sugar free but had other additives, here in UK supermarkets. Yuma has taken the guesswork out of shopping.
Maribel crunchy peanut butter isn’t certified organic, just states it doesn’t contain sugar, but several reports on ingredients include some salt – so why 100/100?
try Manilife its amazing
Nice note. But why Crunchy Peanut Butter – Maribel is 100/100 and Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter – Meridian 94/100 ?
That’s good information
Try Pip and Nut, its very good and getting very popular
I use pip’n’nut and it’s in glass jar which I prefer to plastic,and I’ve tried Lidl too but crunchy pip n nut
Why wasn’t aldi and lidl in your survey? They have a large bucket of peanut butter with nothing but peanuts. Just as good as any of your survey butters, and certainly better than Pip & Nut, which is thin as juice…
Maribel is Lidl!
Maribel is Lidl, 100 out of 100
Aldi is Grandessa
Pip & Nut score much higher than many of these.
I use Pip And nut its so good no palm oil and Slimming world reckon its so good too ❤️
So good to know. I have the ‘no1 in my cupboard. I love it.
Thanks guys for your work
Hi Julie,
All very interesting making personal choice so easy. Thank you !
Il y a des recommandations pour le Canada? Je ne reconnais pas ces marques.
What about the Waitrose own brand? 100% nuts, no palm oil, no added sugar or salt. And reasonably priced compared to your no. 1 Meridian.
We used to get Waitrose 100% peanut, it’s fantastic, and then we moved to a better place but no Waitrose nearby.
I believe Morrisons (No 2) Peanut Butter not only taste great is also the best value for money compared to the others.
When you go into the app the maribel score is 94/100!
Thank you, use alot in my smoothies
you forgot about Pip and Nut!
Why haven’t you tested any Waitrose peanut butters??? Not only they’re free from additives but they’re also 100% peanut product! Seems a bit strange you have excluded products from a brand known for its consistently high quality products!
Thanks very much for your advice 👍
I’m not certain I understand what the rating is based on as all appear to contain only nuts… is it flavour profile?
Thank you for sharing tbat
How about Top Nut ?
Hi, surprising results from your Peanut butter survey. Roasting Peanuts reduces their health benefits so surely should not be graded higher than non-roasted ones.
You have made no mention oh hi-oleic nuts which are believed to be most beneficial.
Also, very surprisingly, you have listed products that are contained in plastic pots.
Aldi own brand. 100% peanuts and a cracking price.
Not organic
But I understand some Aldi own brand Peanut butter contains Palm Oil!
Which is not as good so I would check the label contents.
I found Morrisons (90/100 rating)100% Crunchy Peanut Butter (with No Palm Oil) is very good/tasty and Healthy and is good value for money
Great information. I find the Yuka app invaluable. People must wonder what I am doing when they see me balancing an item on the shelf to get a good scan of the bar code! Mind you I was first introduced to Yuka by a customer in a supermarket who was doing exactly the same thing. Personally I would like scores lowered for plastic packaging on food where there is an alternative e.g peanut butter in plastic pots when it could be in glass jars
Wow seems like they are all good even the supermarket ones . Thanks
What about Pipp & Nut crunchy?
Thank you for sharing
As they are all 100% nuts with nothing added. Then different scores presumably are taste, texture etc, so the comments should reflect this.
Thank you Julie 😊 being vegetarian I love peanut butter. Your list is Great as always.
I was disappointed to find Lidl, Maribel, peanut butter is now only sold in plastic jars or large containers. They recently used glass jars.
Crunchy Peanut Butter – Maribel. I get this from Lidl and it’s brilliant!
What about “Pip & Nut”?
Meridian non organic crunchy and smooth peanut butter has only one ingredient – Peanuts! Nothing else added peanuts just roasted the Meridian way. I was surprised that this didn’t appear as number one or at least in the 90’s out of a 100. Hope this helps. Such a good site have been using it since arriving in the UK. You totally deserve the success you are achieving.
Morrisons brand Crunchy Peanut butter 100%Peanuts(no palm oil) has a great taste(rated here at No2.Excellent 90/100)and is good value for money at £1.80p a jar I believe
How does the M&S Peanut butter come 3rd with a Yuka score of 67 when 4th, 5th and 6th place have a Yuka sore of 90?
Read my comment below
Read the article correctly, it says the top 10 rated not the top 10 in order of ratings.
I also would love to know where Manilife is rated? I use Manilife organic as they mycotoxin test it which for me, as a cancer patient that is terminal, it is super important in the same way my coffee should be mycotoxin tested.
A big thanks
Thank u good to know
Very interesting but if there are only peanuts no nasties how come there is such a variation on scores
Just scanned my pip and nut, smooth 1kg tub. It’s got a score of 78/100 on their app and says low sugar 6.6g and low salt 0.45g. They are a certified b corp so I don’t know I’m sticking to this.
You scored M&S 90 on the app but you have ruined there reputation in this email with a score of 67. That’s pretty slanderous of a quality profuct
Value for money ?
I was suprised not to find ManiLife peanut butters in the line up. I love them, both the smooth & the crunchy.
100% agree with you. It’s the best
Maribel is the perfect peanut butter with 100/100 and the only one to receive this score. And yet it is in 9th place. Please explain.
Read the article
Thanks Julie, I love peanut butter, so i find this really good & helpful 👍
I use Whole Earth peanut butter and on checking the bar code it is a score of 90/100 with an Excellent rating. The taste is very good and with a crunchy texture.
Thank you this was very helpful as I love peanut butter
By the way, there’s a thousand and one things till Sunday they are trying to kill us off with.
I mentioned it once before.
Look into seed oils a lot deeper.
Seriously.
Just saying ……
Please what about honey. Which type of Honey is good and does not contain added sugar and other unnecesssry ingridients?
So surprised Tesco Smooth is better than M&S .
Any reason ?
They made a mistake. It’s 90 in the app.
It is good to receive this kind of information to customers.That is an excellent idea. However, do you put into consideration checking them with individual blood groups? Just to give us broader knowledge of what to eat and what not to eat or consumption.
Thanks.
Please . This is a free app . Can you not do that yourself ?
Where’s manilife? 👀
How can 67/100 be 3rd and 100/100 9th?
Steve these are probably the best 10, not in ascending order, just as they came out of the basket 😊 I
Love p. nut butter too especially with yeast extract 😋😲
I am surprised Pip&Nut doesn’t appear on your list.
I am surprised Pip&Nut doesn’t appear on your list.
Thank you Julie and Yuka team….
I was surprised Pip n Nut is not on here, so I re-checked the ingredients and noticed salt is the second ingredient…is this the reason why?
Also ‘a check twice moment’ the list not in descending order out of 100.
Thanks, we love the stuff.
You need to factor in glass or plastic and even the lids metal or plastic, microplastics… Bad, anyway whilst I’m here bacon sales are down 7% probably because of your info and it’s beginning to bite 🙂
I’m surprised and disappointed by that. Where is Pip &Nut?? Having done a lot of research I’d put them at 1. Theyre not even on the list!
There’s nothing wrong with salt. Why I don’t use this app many things flagged are not unhealthy
Then why are you here 🤷🏻♀️
Peanut butter doesn’t need salt. Too much salt in modern processed foods.
Have you any idea what they put on food these days . It may look healthy but often its not
Looks like this maybe partly based on volume taking out small great disruptors like ManiLife and others ?
You will get more ratings if you sell more…. M&S at 67/100 vs others tell me that vs mani at 75?
What about the other leading peanut butters?
We changed from Whole Earth to Pip and Nut – It’s the best 👍🏻
How about the Crunchy While earth Organic??
Got my answer but prefer for texture!! Often spread with marmite same time!!!
What about Waitrose crunchy organic?
This list could have been really helpful. But, i feel it’s woefully short on context.
Oh hang on, i’ve opened the app. Great, context!
Though, given that you have all the data would it not be better to put them all together in a chart so we can compare and contrast on one screen?
Perhaps next time. Great app otherwise btw. Helps me a lot in the shops both nutritionally and ethically. Thanks!
I don’t see this in the app. Perhaps because I have the free version? I just saw the web article and I agree the context is lacking.
Definitely maniLife
For me Pip n Nut should top the list. I’m shocked it doesn’t even appear in your top 10! 😳
Very helpful Thank You
Brilliant! Thanks for this, very helpful, who would have known Peanut Butter could be so different ☺️
It’s missing Pip & Nut!
Try Amazon Peanut crunch, seriously good.
Great..Thats the very one I use.
Meridian crunchie.
eat a lot of peanut butter thanks to yuka i found meridian if it’s not on the yuka good list it’s not going in my basket
Mirabel at 100% here only shows as 84% in the app.
I heard that the tub of peanut butter, in Lidl’s
is very good. Is this the case?
Yes, where’s Pip and Nut? We changed from Whole Earth that you rated ‘good’ to that, which you rated ‘excellent’!! Aside from that, think you offer an excellent service that helps make better choices. Thank you.
For me Marmite Peanut butter cannot be beaten!
Nice One
Ls9 7rt
ManiLife is literally 2 ingredients. Single sourced single estate peanuts. I thought that would have made it in.
What about Biona organic high oleic 100% nut peanut butter?
Can’t believe you have not included Pip & Nut! No palm oil, no added sugar, just 2 ingredients, peanuts and salt, and the taste is excellent.
Totally agree. Constantly use Pip & Mutt. Human and Pooch extremely satisfied 😂
I am not sure why the Marks & Spencer – 100% Peanut Butter Smooth only scores
Good – 67/100?
I thought the same! But if you look it up on the app its score is 90/100 so I don’t really understand this list.
There are lot’s of others that have the same ingredients, or rather lack of them, that are excellent as well
wheres pip n nut?
also, no brand using palm oil should be in this list at all
Pip and Nut should be up there with Meridian. It’s packed full of nuts in every spoonful and tastes amazing with protein shakes. We get through around 2kg a week as it’s become our alternative to sweet cravings.
Wow – all those moans!!
I say thank you for advising me and actually for FREE
I’m grateful as I love peanut butter 🤤 🤷
Not moans, just fact
Thanks Julie.
That’s a great help to me.
Many thanks indeed.
David D, London. app user x
I stopped buying Lidl’s Maribel peanut butter because they changed the bottle from glass to plastic!!!
Thanks
I buy Maribel smooth from Lidl and the scan is 57/100 yet your review is 100/100. Why the discrepancy?
The one they’ve reviewed is crunchy?
What’s happened to Manilife?
As they all come out well, I would look at price. I get the 1K tub of crunchy Millie’s for excellent value.
Good to see Whole Earth and Meridian. My two favourite brands. I might add the morrison brand also.
The best peanut butter is pip and nut only 2 ingredients high oleic peanuts and a pinch of salt
Great list but where is Pip ‘n Nut??
We think that’s the best one and rated 75/100 by your app
As peanuts are not truly nuts, but legumes which are not suitable for everyone to eat, can we please see an equivalent top ten for alternatives such as almond butter?
Good word, good question.
I now use Asda almond BUTTER, and it got a good rating on YUKA too!
Why is there only big brands here ? There are much better uk produced peanut butter than you choose to feature… Interesting 🧐
Would have preferred to see the smooth and crunchy rated separately as it is not a like for like comparison.
The M&S crunchy is one of the best I’ve tried and I’m confident it would have scored higher than the other own label crunchy butters.
Pip & nut crunchy is better than all these. Shame it’s not on the list 😕
Hi, you gave maribel 100%. But in the app only 84%. Why the difference?
Boo hoo, no Nuts about Nature 100% Peanut Butter. Is what it says. 100% PB
Where’s Skippy in this top ten it’s the best tasting peanut butter
We changed from Skippys to Pip and Nut as it doesn’t contain sugar. Pip and Nut tastes much better and has more peanuts per spoonful
Delighted Meridian is rated – it’s the one I always buy! I was curious about the perfect score for Maribel – 100%. However, when I clicked, it was only 84%. Something awry.
You missed off PIp and Nut from the Coope – the best!
Carley’s peanut butter, not Charley!!
What about Sunpat which is the UK main brand which I’ve eaten for over 60 odd years.
Additives!!
Are you having a laugh
This was a great help I love peanut butter saved me scanning.
Charley’s organic peanut butter, from Cornwall is at least = number 1 rated 94/100 by you
I am interested to know why Whole Earth crunchy with no added sugar is not listed. Thank you 😊
Thanks but what we need is a list of the 10 worst peanut butters so we can avoid them…..
I love peanut butter, and welcomed your advice on the best ones to buy. Thank you.
I recently bought a jar of Maribel Peanut butter as I noticed it contained no sugar , salt or palm oil. It is just as good as many of the higher rated products that you have listed and a good price !
I would recommend this product 💯!
Why didn’t you include Pippa Nut?
Thank you for the update.
I find your advice very helpful.
Yes, I too am wondering why MANILife and Pip & Nut didn’t make the top 10 ? Both are widely available in supermarkets – and appear to be very popular (otherwise the likes of Sainsbury’s wouldn’t stock them). They’re not necessarily the cheapest but in terms of healthier eating both brands use hi-oleic peanuts which, apparently, have a better nutritional profile than other peanut varieties. And they contain no additives, apart from salt.
Thanks for your recommendations. I think it would be helpful to factor organic into the scoring, it’s very important to me, especially with something like peanuts. Also whether it’s a glass or a plastic container, in which case whole earth organic would be the best brand.
Actually, Lidl crunchy in a 1kg pot for about £3.50 is reasonable.100% peanuts ( no salt ) Usually buy Pip and Nut which is salted (1%) so added a bit of salt to the Lidl one!
I also buy the Lidl 1kg – it’s the same brand, Maribel – as No.9 on the list.
Excellent good to know
Any suggestion for sugar added one?
I cannot believe you have not included Pip & Nut which is my favourite. Is it because it has .5% sea salt?
It would be good if you put them in order like 100/100 a the top and the least at the bottom. It would also be good to have consistency with what’s in it. For example M&S at 67/100 you say,’keeps things simple with roasted peanuts and no unnecessary ingredients’. But then Morrison’s which is 90/100 you say a similar thing, ‘Made from 100% roasted peanuts… with no added salt, sugar or oils.’ Which leaves me wondering why the different score? And BTW I love my Yuka App and love what you guys are doing. 🙂
Pip and Nut is my favourite of the unadulterated brands of peanut butter. I have tried quite a few and it stands out as the best in my view.
You haven’t rated or mentioned Manilife ( my favourite).
Manilife all the way. Best tasting and consistency by miles. Good to see palm oil being banished in favour of just peanut.
What about Manilife? It’s the best peanut butter in the world!!!
Agreed. I was wondering the same thing
Yes, completely missed pip & nut here!
Meridian is my favourite, a nice roasted flavour. Whole Earth is a close second.
I always buy Meridian so it’s good to know it’s the most nutritious. Thank you for a great app.
Pip & Nut Peanut Butter should be number 1 and 100/100. Available in smooth, crunchy, and deep roast variants, made with 99.4% high-oleic Argentinian peanuts and a pinch of sea salt.
This list looks a bit off, excellent 100/100 Maribel product in 9th place while good 67/100 M&S one is in 3rd?
Best peanut butter is Manilife, deep roast crunchy. For me nothing else comes close
I agree 100%! Manilife is the best I’ve ever had.
Why isn’t Waitrose organic peanut butter included
Lidl and aldi big tub 3.49 💯 peanuts not on list?
What about Aldi?
So pleased that Maribel comes out at 100/100. My favourite and good value for money.
We have Pip & Nut !
Delicious & has a YUKA score of 78/100
Love peanut butter. I have noticed that the crunchy always scans better than the smooth.
I’m going to take this survey with a pinch of salt just like PiP n Nut which is by far the best and I’ve tried them all.
100% agreed
Why do they all have such different ratings when they all have just the one ingredient? Are the marks subjective, maybe on taste or texture? If it’s on healthiness alone surely they should all have the same mark?
Can’t understand how Pip & Nut aren’t even in the running here? A Gourmet butter that blows most of this somewhat obscure selection out of the water. Must have been the ‘pinch of seasalt’ that offended.
Manilife roasted
What is the best?
I love peanut butter. Great in smoothies and on toast. We have the big pot of Asda and it’s only £5. Compared to some of the top brands this is an absolute bargain considering it’s just as good.
Good
Another great survey, keep spreading the word everyone 🙏
I’ve tried most of the brands listed on the Yuka comparison, Manilife roasted is awesome for taste; albeit quite expensive.
Please be mindful, most roasted nut-butters have a nicer smoky taste, but roasting ( heat treatment) may remove or reduce the nuts nutrient impact
I’m sure the Yuka folk will correct me on the roasting implications
What about Pip&Nut?
Thank you for sharing and rating foods 🙏
I just looked in the app and the Maribel peanut butter you say is 100/100 is 84/100 when you click the app link. How’s that?
I found the same, Carol
Thank you 🙏🏿
Can you please do the same comparison for Almond Butter, Aldi’s is the most cost effect per 100 grams, workout any additional oils or additives
Hey! Where’s Pip n Nut??!! Surely that’s got be up there, it taste so good. I always check ingredients anyway, but don’t recall anything detrimental in their butters, otherwise i would not have bought. What, You guys don’t rate it?
We love manilife peanut butter! Disappointed it wasn’t covered on this list .. does that mean it wasn’t tested or didn’t make the cut for top ten ?
Number 6 is my favourite, so I am very pleased it has an excellent rating!
If so many, if not all, have just peanuts as the one ingredient, what makes the scores so different? Marks & Spencer seems low score for example.
Oh my goodness, why is M&S only 67/100?
Thank you for your Peanut survey. It’s so helpful in a world where we’re tricked into eating all kinds of rubbish. Love my Yuka app
Surprised not to see Pip & Nut in this list, scores 78/100
Did you check out Manilife?
Great info
Thanks
Good to know I have the number 1 peanut butter in the cupboard .
Well I’m definitely changing my brand thank you
Love peanut butter & always try to get ones with no added sugar … but the ones I’ve tried without added palm oil have an awful texture- oil puddles and hard lumpy masses. I’ve tried but I just can’t do them anymore 🫤. Tried stirring them but it doesn’t really work. Where to go from here?
When I opened the app it had a different score to the one listed here for Maribel
Why no. 9 is at 100/100 and yet at no. 9 not no. 1 or am i reading wrongly?
Somebody messed up. It actually says 84/100 in the app. Just saying.
Hi Julie, I just wanted to thank you for providing such a great service. I have told all my friends and they are now using Yuka. I would like to upgrade so I can see what is good without scanning at the shops. Also, being a vegetarian (no meat or fish) I eat a lot of peanut butter so good to see your survey.
Good to know the Tesco brand is rated. Cheap price and the only shop here in the area I live
I normally have Peanut butter for breakfast on a Banana
Very helpful! You guys are so cool. Thank you
What about glass vs plsatic jars? We try to avoid plastic now
Thank you so much for supporting and sharing health beneficial information that influence healthy and clean eating habits. ❤️
Pip n Nut my favourite