Skippy® Continues to Make Nutrition Delicious with Introduction of Skippy® Natural Creamy with 1/3 Less Sodium and Sugar

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Skippy®, one of America's favorite peanut butter brands for close to 80 years, is introducing Skippy® Natural Creamy with 1/3 Less Sodium and Sugar, offering the great natural peanut butter taste families love with 1/3 less sodium and sugar than regular Skippy® Creamy Peanut Butter.

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"Skippy brings nutritious and delicious fun to a balanced diet with recipes families can enjoy anytime of the day," said Mike Dwyer, Marketing Director, Foods at Unilever U.S. "From Peanut Butter and Fruit Sushi to Easy Banana-Peanut Butter Ice Cream, with new Skippy® Natural Creamy with 1/3 Less Sodium and Sugar, parents now have endless possibilities for imagining exciting new dishes their families will love."

Skippy® Natural Creamy with 1/3 Less Sodium and Sugar is the first natural peanut butter variety available nationwide in the growing low sodium and low sugar segment of the peanut butter category.    

New Skippy® Natural Creamy with 1/3 Less Sodium and Sugar is available in 15 ounce jars at grocery stores nationwide. For more information and recipes visit www.peanutbutter.com or https://www.facebook.com/Skippy.

SKIPPY® PEANUT BUTTER & FRUIT SUSHI

4 servings

Prep Time: 15 minutes  Cook Time: 10 minutes    

4 slices whole wheat bread
1/4 cup Skippy® Natural Creamy Peanut Butter with 1/3 Less Sodium and Sugar
1/4 cup apricot preserves
16 slices colorful fruit (kiwi, mango and/or strawberries)

Preheat oven to 375°.

Trim crust off bread, then cut each slice into 4 slices. Arrange on baking sheet and bake eight minutes or until toasted. Combine Skippy® Natural Creamy Peanut Butter with 1/3 Less Sodium and Sugar with apricot preserves. Reserve 1/2 of the mixture for dipping. Spread remaining mixture on toasted bread, then top with fruit. Serve with dipping sauce.

Nutrition Information per serving for Peanut Butter & Fruit Sushi:
Calories 240, Calories From Fat 90, Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g, Total Fat 10g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 180mg, Total Carbohydrate 32g, Sugars 14g, Dietary Fiber 4g, Protein 8g, Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 40%, Calcium 6%, Iron 6%

About Unilever United States, Inc.
Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods with strong operations in more than 100 countries and sales in 190. With products that are used over two billion times a day around the world, we work to create a better future every day and help people feel good, look good and get more out of life with brands and services that are good for them and good for others. In the United States the portfolio includes brand icons such as: Axe, Ben & Jerry's, Bertolli, Breyers, Caress, Clear Scalp & Hair Therapy, Consort For Men, Country Crock, Degree, Dove personal care products, fds, Good Humor, Hellmann's, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!, Just for Me!, Klondike, Knorr, Lever 2000, Lipton, Magnum, Motions, Nexxus, Noxzema, Pond's, Popsicle, Promise, Q-tips, Ragu, Simple, Skippy, Slim-Fast, Soft & Beautiful, St. Ives, Suave, tcb, TIGI, TRESemme, Vaseline, and Wish-Bone. All of the preceding brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Unilever Group of Companies. Dedicated to serving consumers and the communities where we live, work and play, Unilever employs more than 11,000 people in the United States – generating over $8 billion in sales in 2011. For more information, visit www.unileverusa.com. 

SOURCE Unilever United States, Inc.

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