Frequently Asked Questions

The oil you see in Teddie is naturally occurring peanut oil. Peanut oil separates slowly over time, so the amount of peanut oil that you see at the top of the jar depends on how old the jar is.

Unlike other peanut butters, we do not add any additional oils.

Yes, stirring the oil back into the peanut butter ensures the proper consistency throughout the jar.

Teddie Natural Peanut Butter does not need to be refrigerated. However, many of our customers refrigerate our peanut butter to slow the natural oil separation process. If you choose this option, we suggest stirring the peanut butter thoroughly before refrigeration. 

Peanuts contain natural sugar. We do not add any sugar to our natural peanut butter. You’ll see it’s just peanuts and salt, or just peanuts for our unsalted peanut butter.

No

Non-iodized Salt

Sea Salt

We source peanuts from the United States, mainly from the Southeast.

We supplement United States organic peanuts with South American organic peanuts because of the limited domestic supply of US-grown organic peanuts. They are grown from U.S. seed and are USDA certified.

Yes!

Peanut butter manufactured by The Leavitt Corporation contains the peanut allergen. We also process tree nuts in other areas of our plant.

The peanut butter roaster and other equipment is dedicated to peanuts only and no equipment is shared with tree nuts.  We strictly adhere to all Good Manufacturing Processes (GMPs) and have allergen protocols in place.

No

No

We do! Check out our merchandise page that has t-shirts, hoodies, hats, and accessories.

We make all Teddie products at our manufacturing facility in Everett, Massachusetts.

2025 marks 100 years of the Teddie Peanut Butter business, and so we wanted to highlight this milestone with a subtle celebration design.

Unfortunately, we do not offer public tours.

However, NPR’s member station, wbur, created a video of inside the factory, that you can watch on Instagram. If you can’t watch the video, you can listen to the episode here.

Yes, we are and we also have the Kosher logo on the right side of the jar size.

Yes

Yes.  And we’ve taken the extra step of having our natural and organic peanut butters certified by the Non-GMO Project.

Yes!

By MM/DD/YYYY, for example, Best by 01/04/2025.

Notice that it is “Best By” – that means the quality will be at is best until the Best By date. After that, it may not be at peak perfection, but it will still be safe to eat

One of our employees, James, is a Teddie employee with special abilities.  James comes into work like any other employee and helps out around the facility. Teddie has been a proud partner of Best Buddies for over 20+ years. With each jar sold, Teddie contributes a portion of its proceeds to this organization.

Best Buddies International (BBI) is dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships for people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

As a proud partner of Best Buddies, we introduced a limited-edition cap to raise awareness and help spread the word about this wonderful organization.