Facts about Peanut Butter

Facts about Peanut Butter

Itzel Aguirre, Contributor

  1. If you were to coat the Grand Canyon floor with peanut butter, it would equal to the same amount of peanut butter that Americans eat in a year

  2. 1.3% of Americans are allergic to peanut butter

  3. To make a 12 ounce jar of peanut butter, you need 540 peanuts

  4. An average peanut farm is about 200 acres

  5. Women and children prefer creamy peanut butter, as men prefer chunky peanut butter

  6. “Ground nuts” is another name for peanut butter

  7. 1 ounce of peanut butter needs about 5 gallons of water to be processed

  8. In the United States there are six cities named “Peanut”

  9. Peanut butter can help reduce cholesterol

  10. Americans are proven to be in love with peanut butter

Courtesy of: National Peanut Board