That’s because boter (butter) was/is a protected term in the Netherlands; ‘boter’ couldn’t be used for anything but real butter. So instead of butter they used the term cheese. The translation however is accurate: ‘peanut butter’ is ‘pindakaas’ in Dutch.
The translation in the article is incorrect. In the Netherlands, the word for peanut butter (pindekaas) translates to “peanut cheese”.
That’s because boter (butter) was/is a protected term in the Netherlands; ‘boter’ couldn’t be used for anything but real butter. So instead of butter they used the term cheese. The translation however is accurate: ‘peanut butter’ is ‘pindakaas’ in Dutch.