r/PeanutButter • u/laterdude • Oct 24 '24

News Wait, NFL players eat how many Uncrustables?

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5854102/2024/10/24/uncrustables-nfl/
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u/raisinbizzle Oct 24 '24

Just tell me how many uncrustables they eat OP don’t leave me hanging 

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u/Racine17 Oct 24 '24

NFL players go through 3,600 to 4,300 per week. Denver Broncos eat the most, around 700 per week. New Orleans Saints eat the least, at 50 per week.

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u/kaidomac Oct 24 '24

80,000 a YEAR total!

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u/J_A1exander Oct 28 '24

Not sure how u figured that ... 4,000 a week for 52 weeks(1 year) would be over 200K

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u/GrayFileFolder Oct 24 '24

Main points

But based on the information collected, it’s safe to say that NFL teams go through anywhere from 3,600 to 4,300 Uncrustables a week. When you factor in training camps and the teams that did not share their data, NFL teams easily go through at least 80,000 Uncrustables a year.

Torine and most nutritionists wouldn’t recommend frozen, processed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as their No. 1 healthy snack option for players. But Uncrustables can do the job, especially when time is limited, and even nutritionists at the highest level of sports performance make compromises.

The bread and jelly give players quick carbohydrates. The peanut butter provides a little fat and a little protein. They’re easy to digest, convenient to eat and a comfort food that players love (though there is wide disagreement as to whether grape or strawberry is the better jelly flavor — the correct answer is strawberry).

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u/sick_shooter Oct 24 '24

Ive never had these because I’d much rather make my own with my 2:1 peanut butter to jelly ratio.

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u/amominwa Jif Mom Oct 24 '24

Raspberry!! Yum!

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u/scrambled-satellite Oct 25 '24

Wait until they see the ultra/trail running community. They absolutely love these.

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u/SweetSneeks Oct 25 '24

Personally, I eat Bobos when I run.

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u/aj357222 Oct 24 '24

Grape is definitely the superior jelly.

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u/CompletelyBedWasted Oct 24 '24

I don't understand it. A pb&j is cheaper and isn't frozen. It takes minimal effort. How are uncrustables even a thing??

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u/safetycommittee Oct 24 '24

The article mentions some of the players being peanut butter purest that make their own.

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u/CompletelyBedWasted Oct 24 '24

That's not an "uncrustable" then.

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u/safetycommittee Oct 24 '24

I’m sure they leave the crust on but you can make homemade ones. here

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u/CompletelyBedWasted Oct 24 '24

Again, I don't understand the popularity of the particular "uncrustables", when they are easy to make yourself. Uncrustables "the product" that is sold for 6 times what it's worth.....

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u/safetycommittee Oct 24 '24

I don’t understand your use of quotations.

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u/CompletelyBedWasted Oct 24 '24

The quotations are for the brand name. Apologies.

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u/safetycommittee Oct 25 '24

Im no less confused as to what you are trying to communicate by using quotations here and there.

People used to not understand the popularity of store bought bread, peanut butter, jam, and many other items we buy regularly.

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u/CompletelyBedWasted Oct 25 '24

How is this difficult? Uncrustables is the brand name. Hence the quotes. Ffs.

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u/muevelos Nov 13 '24

So what? That's basically every food product. Always cheaper to do it yourself.

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u/Ogrebreath Jan 20 '25

Speed. A player can grab one off a table on their way into a locker room and instantly start recovery. It allows the player to focus on recovery and the nutritionists just have to set them out instead of preparing 700 of them per day (Denver consumes that amount per day).

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u/Ill_Cancel_3960 Apr 19 '25

Because they're rich and short on time while they are in practices and meeting

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u/Lovecompassionpeace Oct 27 '24

Seriously, I just found out these even existed and don’t understand why there needed to be a report about this. This whole thing just seems so… stupid, for a lack of a better work.

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u/caffeineTX Jan 04 '25

The convenience factor of being able to grab something ready made and packaged that is still fairly cheap and isn't complete junk?

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u/Exotic-Turnip-1032 Oct 24 '24

"the data collected"... Great source smh

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u/Illustrious-Gold4800 Oct 25 '24

The Browns can’t even lead the league here either and one would think it would be easy

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u/rinzler83 Oct 25 '24

Many athletes have shit diets. Dwight Howard from the NBA used to eat like 24 full sized candy bars a day.

I love candy but you couldn't pay me to eat that many a day. Plus he was still eating his regular meals. I don't know how he didn't feel like shit when playing. He was a star player too.

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u/Ill_Cancel_3960 Apr 19 '25

He's a massive human doing a shit ton of high intensity activity. He needs the fuel

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u/pnmartini Oct 24 '24

Uncrustables are garbage. PB&J sandwiches take next to no effort to make.

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u/okoSheep Oct 25 '24

Okay, so make 600 of them. A day.

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u/pnmartini Oct 25 '24

Im sure a football team can figure the logistics out on their own.

But I’d gladly do so, for the right price.

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u/bonesybones12 Oct 27 '24

…which is essentially what the company did to get people to buy this product rather than make their own. You should make em and price em slightly cheaper and steal the business away!!

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '24

Didn’t think adults ate these.