Happy National Peanut Butter Day

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And did you know?

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

• There are enough peanuts in one acre to make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches. Find out how peanuts grow.

• By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts.

• The world’s largest peanut butter factory churns out 250,000 jars of the tasty treat every day.

• Four of the top 10 candy bars manufactured in the USA contain peanuts or peanut butter.

• Peanuts account for two-thirds of all snack nuts consumed in the USA.

• Peanuts contribute more than $4 billion to the USA economy each year.

• Americans spend almost $800 million a year on peanut butter.

• The average peanut farm is 100 acres.

• Peanut butter/peanut paste is the leading use of peanuts produced in the U.S. (1/2); followed by snack nuts and in-shells (1/4); and, candy and confections (1/4).

• Peanuts are the #1 snack nut consumed in the U.S., accounting for two-thirds of the snack nut market.
• There are over 700 known phobias. Archibutyrophobia (pronounced A’-ra-kid-bu-ti-ro-pho-bi-a) is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.