Not every food is helped by putting it in the refrigerator, scientists say

Not every food is helped by putting it in the refrigerator, scientists say.

OCTOBER 12, 2014    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY JOHN PETRICK
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

Distinguished scholar, microbiologist and Rutgers University professor Dr. Don Schaffner would like to impart some personal wisdom upon the general public in an effort to educate those who might benefit from his insight: He eats his peanut butter at room temperature only.

“I personally just don’t like cold peanut butter, so I keep it out of the refrigerator,” Schaffner said. And he’s not just talking Skippy, or Jif. He means natural peanut butter, without any preservatives. While other food safety experts, in an abundance of caution, might say he’s living dangerously, you know what, says the renowned food scientist and unabashed peanut butter lover? It ain’t gonna kill ya.

“In my house, it doesn’t stay around for more than a couple of weeks. And I have never experienced it going rancid, within that time frame. If you expect to keep it around for a month or more, if you eat peanut butter that slowly in your house, then maybe you should think about putting it in the refrigerator. But within a couple of weeks, I’ve never had a problem.”

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