Please tell me. I need validation. In what world is peanut butter not

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dawnnys

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a protein, and eggs are a dairy product?! I volunteer at a food pantry and the new guidelines place the many jars of peanut butter in the miscellaneous area (next to the jello, jam, pudding, and other sweet non-essentials), while the protein area is almost empty.

Also meat-based soups are in "miscellaneous". One poor woman was denied the peanut butter but was encouraged to take another cornbread mix (which really should've been in "grains").

Since they've never had anything but dried milk in the dairy area, eggs now proudly sit in the cooler as "dairy".

I almost asked them when the last time they saw a cow lay an egg... Arrggggh, am I nuts?

 
Seems to me both eggs AND PB are a protein. (Wonder if that makes ketchup a vegetable?)

Apparently, there are some people unclear on the concept.

According to the USDA nutrition guide, Egg are in the fruit and alternative food groupings. This is sometimes confusing as eggs are almost always sold in stores in the dairy section. This is because previous classification of eggs was in fact dairy related but changed in April of 2005.

But eggs can also be organised into the "meat" section of the food group because of the protein and nutrients they contain.

 
I thought Tomato was a fruit. Also, Strawberries are the only

fruit that have seeds on the outside skin.

Read too many snapple lids as a kid. : )

 
Actually, the seed thingies on the outside of a strawberry are each a fruit, botanically

speaking. The berry part is a swollen receptacle whose name I can't remember. Nature does what it can with what it is given.

 
You're not nuts, I think they are sorting food based on perishability. A protein would be raw meat,

cold cuts, chicken etc. They would need to be monitored closely.

Eggs are in the dairy section because they store the same as fresh milk would if they stored fresh milk.

Protein-rich peanut butter keeps a long time so it is over with the other jarred products.

You're a dear for volunteering at the food pantry, especially since it defies logic!

 
Eggs = Dairy? I overheard the same thing at a health food store...from an employee!

She was walking a woman/daughter around the store showing them "gluten-free" products. She picked up a package and said "hmmm, I wonder why this says "Dairy-free?" It has eggs in it."

I wanted to go up to the mother and say "Run! Run while you can!"

 
Sorry, hit the button too soon. . . more

It wasn't schools that did this. It was under the Reagan Administration and they did it so that schools could cut down on one serving of a fresh or cooked vegetable. A horrible proposal.

 
Thanks Joe, but...

the limited stuff they have for "protein" include cans of tuna, kidney beans, and cans of chili. (makes you wonder why they don't place the corn-chicken ch9wder and beef stew in there too then).

They don't have fresh milk, just baby formula in "dairy".

Since pb is protein-rich, I'd think they'd include it in the bare-shelved "protein" section. Just frustrates me because the clients get "3 of these", "5 of these", etc. and they're really cheating them out of some nutritional requirements, I think. But I suppose this is only supplemental food, for most.

 
I concede--it doesn't sound like they are storing any perishable protein except eggs

The peanut butter should be with the canned tuna and beans.

I have to admit that I long considered eggs "dairy" because they are sold side by side with milk.

 
I'd say that peanut butter is a better protein than kidney beans which are

full of starch. (I've read too many vegetarian cookbooks...)

 
I agree - they shouuld be counted as a vegetable (where all they have is...)

is canned corn, canned peas, and spaghetti sauce. Go figure.

 
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