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Ranch Events want to Remind you November is National Peanut Butter Lovers Month

Posted on November 04, 2015

November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month, time to celebrate our favorite food! Americans will celebrate by eating more than 65 million pounds of peanut butter during the month of November. Southern Peanut Growers, representing southeastern peanut farmers, started the celebration as Peanut Butter Lovers Day on November 4, 1990. November 4 marks the anniversary of the first patent for peanut butter, applied for by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg on November 4, 1895. It grew to a month-long celebration in 1995 when peanut butter celebrated its 100th birthday!

Celebrate National PB Lovers Month by enjoying some good “traditional” peanut butter out of the jar or try a peanut butter banana and chocolate milkshake. Whether you enjoy peanut butter classically with jelly or eclectically with pickles as the New York Times recently featured, there are countless ways to enjoy peanut butter during National Peanut Butter Lovers Month! In fact, during November, Americans will celebrate by eating more than 65 million pounds of peanut butter! This month, we’re encouraging peanut butter fans to “spread their love” for peanut butter, and their favorite simple recipes, on our Facebook wall. One to get you started is this decadently delicious yet healthy peanut butter, banana and chocolate milkshake already mentioned. Simply blend together 1 frozen banana, 1 cup low-fat chocolate milk and 2 tablespoons peanut butter until all ingredients are smooth. Enjoy it for breakfast or an easy afterschool snack!

By the Numbers:

1. It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
2. There are enough peanuts in one acre to make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
3. By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts.
4. The world’s largest peanut butter factory churns out 250,000 jars of the tasty treat every day.
5. Four of the top 10 candy bars manufactured in the USA contain peanuts or peanut butter.
6. Peanuts account for two-thirds of all snack nuts consumed in the USA.
7. Peanuts contribute more than $4 billion to the USA economy each year.
8. Americans spend almost $800 million a year on peanut butter.
9. The average peanut farm is 100 acres.
10. Peanuts are the #1 snack nut consumed in the U.S., accounting for two-thirds of the snack nut market.So peanut butter fans… take some time this month and celebrate one of America’s favorite snack foods.

So peanut butter fans… take some time this month and celebrate one of America’s favorite snack foods