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Botulism from sealing oils and nut butters?

 
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I got quite a bit of sun butter for my wife because she cannot eat peanuts. I want to repackage it into ball jars and vacuum seal it do you think there’s a chance of botulism forming in it?

I thought the same of cooking oil‘s like coconut oil unrefined olive oil‘s etc.?
 
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my understanding is that botulism needs an aqueous situation to grow, so it won’t grow in straight oil or in nut/seed butters unless there’s been water added somewhere. inactive spores can be present in these situations, but can’t grow without water.
 
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