Joji’s Delight makes the best peanut butter EVER. My favorite is the creamy peanut butter with malunggay. (Ingredients: peanuts, raw sugar, and malunggay powder.) Although others might find the aftertaste of malunggay strange (malunggay leaves, on their own, are bitter).

Malunggay (a.k.a. moringa oleifera) is supposed to be highly nutritious. According to the jar’s label, malunggay “contains four times the vitamin A in carrots, four times the calcium in milk, the same vitamin content as seven oranges, and three times the potassium in bananas”. Whoa. That malunggay packs quite a wallop.

But it’s not like I care about the health benefits of malunggay. I eat Spam, remember? (And I totally believe that low-sodium Spam just misses the point entirely.) If I were truly concerned about my health, I wouldn’t eat peanut butter at all. Because, while fitness experts may sing the praises of peanut butter, raw foodists will tell you to avoid peanuts altogether because of the aflatoxins they contain. Highly potent carcinogens.

But I looooove the stuff. Peanut butter, I mean. Aflatoxins (and my liver) be damned.

I rediscovered peanut butter after my brother got me hooked on peanut butter M&Ms. Then Jairus Ferrer, whom I know from kettlebell traning, introduced me to his mom’s homemade malunggay peanut butter. That sealed my addiction.

I’d have it in the morning, with a banana. Before AND after working out. As a snack, whenever I was craving something sweet. If the malunggay peanut butter was out of stock, I’d have the regular one. I was consuming a jar of peanut butter A DAY. I kid you not. Not the best thing, I know, especially if what they say about aflatoxins is true. My stomach, quite often, registers its complaint. So I’ve been trying to cut down…

What I like about this peanut butter is its creaminess. It isn’t as oily as other local peanut butters but stays creamy even when refrigerated. It also has just the right amount of sweetness. And did I mention that I like the odd malunggay taste?

Joji’s Delight also has crunchy peanut butter, which I haven’t tried on account of my braces.

You may contact peanut butter pusher, Jairus Ferrer, at +63 917 559 3766. His mom makes the peanut butter in Bukidnon and sends them to him in Manila regularly.