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Peanut butter is a food product usually consisting of roasted and ground peanuts, sometimes sweetened. It is commonly sold in grocery stores, but can be made at home. Many styles are available; the most popular are creamy (smooth) and crunchy, but honey-roasted, wholenut varieties and those mixed with chocolate can also be found. Creamy peanut butter is made by grinding all of the mixture very finely. The crunchier styles add larger pieces of peanut back into the creamy mixture after grinding.Used in sandwiches (particularly the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich), candy (for example Reese's Pieces), cookies and pastry, it is a good source of protein, and is popular with children. For people with nut allergies, the intense concentration of nuts in peanut butter can cause fatal anaphylactic shock. The peanut plant is susceptible to the ground mold which produces aflatoxin, and contamination in peanut butter is possible.
1 History
In 1890, George A. Bayle Jr., began to sell ground peanut paste as a protein substitute for people with no or bad teeth. In 1893, Dr. John Harvey KelloggJohn Harvey Kellogg ( February 26, 1852 December 14, 1943) was a medical doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan who ran a sanitarium using holistic methods, with a particular focus on nutrition, enemas and exercise. In his time, he was viewed as a campaigner fo originated an early variety of peanut butter at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle CreekThis article is about the city of Battle Creek, Michigan. For other uses, see Battle Creek (disambiguation). Battle Creek is a city in Calhoun County, Michigan. It is the world headquarters of Kellogg Company (cereal), manufacturer of corn flakes and othe, MichiganMichigan is a state in the United States. The name is derived from Lake Michigan, which in turn is believed to come from the Chippewa Indian word meicigama meaning "great water. Bounded by four of the Great Lakes, Michigan has the longest state shoreline. Kellogg, along with his brother, W.K. KelloggWill Keith Kellogg usually referred to as W. Kellogg ( April 7, 1860 October 6, 1951) was a U. industrialist in food manufacturing. Together with his brother John Harvey Kellogg, he propagated eating cereals as healthy breakfast food, especially corn flak, patentA patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally 20 years from the filing date). The term "patent" originates from the term patere which means to lay open (to public inspectioed a process for making peanut butter in 1895Events January events January 5 Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. February events February 14 First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnes, but it used steamed peanuts rather than roasted peanuts.
Contrary to popular belief, the renowned botanist, George Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver ( January 1, 1860 January 5, 1943) was an American botanist who introduced crop rotation to southern U. agriculture and developed hundreds of uses for the peanut and other plants. Early years He was born into slavery in the early, had no hand in inventing this food in addition to the numerous uses for the legume he developed. Peanut butter was widely introduced in 1904 by C.H. Sumner at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Saint Louis World's Fair) which also popularized the ice cream cone, hot dog and hamburger.
In 1922, Joseph L. Rosefield developed modern peanut butter by using finer grinding, hydrogenation, and a way to keep the oil from separating. This created a creamy texture unlike the earlier peanut butter described as gritty, or pasty. He received a patent for stable peanut butter which had a shelf-life of up to a year.
Swift & Company adopted the technology for their E.K Pond peanut butter which they had introduced somewhat earlier in 1920. In 1928 they changed the name to " Peter Pan". Peter Pan was originally packaged in a tin can similar to one with a turn key and re-closable lid but switched to glass during World War II. In 1932, Rosefield left that company. He formed the Rosefield Packing Co. and began selling "Skippy" peanut butter started from February 1, 1933.
Peanut butter became a very profitable business in the United States. Currently, the best-selling American brand is Jif, a Procter & Gamble product first sold in 1958. The oldest surviving brand is Krema peanut butter, first sold in 1908.
