Monday, January 14, 2008

Our Beloved Peanut Butter


Peanuts Living a Double Life

- Nearly half of the U.S. peanut crop is made into peanut butter each year.

- November is Peanut Butter Lover's Month; March is National Peanut Month.

- Consumers prefer creamy peanut butter to chunky by a 60% to 40% ratio. Children and women prefer creamy, while most men opt for chunky.

- It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.

- In the last year, more than 75% of all American families purchased peanut butter.

- Americans eat enough peanut butter in a year to make over 10 billion peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!

- "Arachibutyrophobia" is the fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of your mouth.

- Although peanut butter is considered to be a kids' food, adults actually eat more peanut butter than kids each year.

- The average American child will eat 1,500 peanut butter sandwiches by the time he or she graduates from high school.

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