08/22/2026
Please be aware! RAID brand ant bait has peanut butter in it! They do not disclose this on the box because it is not a food and they don’t have to. But if you visit their website the full ingredients of the ant bait is listed and peanut butter is the main added ingredient, it’s what is used to entice the ants to eat the bait.
I came home from work the other night and there were sooo many ants out of nowhere in my apartment. I went to cvs and bought the raid brand ant baits. After putting them out I started to feel like there was a funny smell in the air and then my throat felt funny and I was having a hard time breathing.
I didn’t honestly even think I was reacting to the ant bait. After all I had read the box when I bought it and didn’t notice anything about peanut butter. But I had this funny feeling about it and I looked up the full ingredients on the SC Johnson website. I was absolutely shocked to see that the added ingredient is peanut butter and peanut oil! After I realized it was the ant bait I had to keep calm, put on gloves and I threw out all the ant baits. I cleaned the carpet where I had placed the baits with Clorox wipes and I turned up my air purifier and tried my best to get the smell out of my apartment.
It was honestly a scary experience because I just didn’t know what was happening and why I was reacting. When I realized it was the bait that I was reacting too I was so upset that here I am doing everything I can to stay safe and yet I unknowing brought home something that contained peanut butter and put it out in my apartment. Thank goodness once I threw out the baits I started to be able to breathe better and the reaction did not progress.
This was a real reminder that peanut butter can be in literally anything.