@Antti, I love coconut oil and, while I don't keep a jar of palm oil in the kitchen like I do coconut oil, I haven't made an attempt to avoid it. We do buy the smaller jars - it's what they sell.
I love my homemade nut butter. It's 6 parts almonds, 1 part peanuts, and 1 part cashews, all dry-roasted and unsalted. I add a little coconut and olive oils to it until it's the right consistency. I've never found ready-made that tastes anything like it.
-S-
Meridian is my personal favourite. I recently bought a jar of Whole Earth organic peanut butter (it was on offer), which has 'sustainable palm oil' to bind it and, aside from it not tasting quite as nice, it's a bugger to spread; it just rolls around in a clump on top of the bread/cracker/whatever you're trying to spread it on.Gonna give that one a session.
@Steve Freides ......do you soak 'em first? Oven roast, chuck it all in a blender and whizz? Is that about it or any chef trickery involved? Cheers
Btw.....in UK, meridian nut butters come with no added paint stripper. No added shenanigans, just nuts.