Peanut Butter Trivia
The
average American eats 5 pounds of peanut butter per year.
Skippy
made the first commercial peanut butter in 1933, but it
was invented in 1890, by a doctor. It was originally intended
for his patients with bad teeth.
If
you live on the East coast, chances are you prefer creamy peanut
butter. If you live on the West coast, chunky.
It
takes 550 peanuts to make 12 ounces of peanut butter.
The
fear of having peanut butter stick to the roof of your mouth
is 'arachibutyrophobia'. This is caused by a process called "hydration
of the peanut protein." The high level of protein in
peanut butter draws the moisture away from your mouth as you
eat it, just like a sponge soaks up water!
83%
of all Americans buy peanut butter. Together we eat more than
700 million pounds, which is enough to cover the bottom of the
Grand Canyon. We eat 2 million pounds per day.
The
average American eats at least 130 peanut butter sandwiches by
the time they graduate from high school. It's the most popular
sandwich for kids under 12, regardless of race, gender or income.
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