He also mixed fragments of peanut into peanut butter, creating the first "chunky"-style peanut butter. In 1955, Procter & Gamble launched a peanut butter named Jif, which was sweeter than other brands, due to the use of "sugar and molasses" in its recipe. read more
The machines made the process easier as making peanut butter had been quite tedious. Peanuts were first grounded using a mortar and pestle before being put through a meat grinder. Even then, it was hard to achieve the desired consistency. read more
It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter. Americans eat around 700 million pounds of peanut butter per year (about 3 pounds per person). An average American child eats 1,500 PB&J sandwiches before graduating from high school. read more