21 Fun Facts About Peanut Butter For National Peanut Butter Day

It's National Peanut Butter Lover's Day today, March 1st. So many of us grew up with peanut butter as a staple of our diets. I certainly remember our grandkids always asking for  PB&J sandwiches for lunch. And they could eat them every day without complaining.

21 FUN FACTS ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER

1. A 12-ounce jar of peanut butter requires about 540 peanuts.
   
   
2. It takes one acre of peanuts to make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
   
   
3. 60% of peanuts are grown in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama and half of this 60% is used to make peanut butter. Georgia is the #1 producing state.
   
   
4. Peanut butter was first sold in the United States at the Universal Exposition in 1904 in St. Louis by C.H. Sumner.  He sold a grand total of  $705.11.
   
   
5. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup was introduced to America in 1928. (The largest peanut butter cup of all time, weighed in at 230 pounds.)
   
   
6. The oldest operating manufacturer and seller of peanut butter has been selling peanut butter since 1908.
   
   
7. Peanut butter was the controlling secret behind “Mr. Ed,” TV’s talking horse.
   
   
8. Americans spend almost $800 million a year on peanut butter.
   
   
9. January 24th is National Peanut Butter Day.
   
   
10. Women and children like creamy peanut butter best, but men like chunky peanut butter best. People who live on the East Coast prefer creamy peanut butter, while those on the West Coast prefer the crunchy style.
    
    
11. Of all the peanut butter sold in the USA, however, 80% is creamy, while only 17% is crunchy.
    
    
12. The world's largest peanut butter and jelly sandwich was made in Grand Saline, Texas and weighed 1,342 pounds. (They do say things are bigger in Texas.)
    
    
13. The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before graduating from high school. 
    
    
14. There’s a jar of peanut butter in 75 % of American homes.
    
    
15. There are six cities in the U.S. named Peanut: Peanut, California; Lower Peanut, Pennsylvania; Upper Peanut, Pennsylvania; Peanut, Pennsylvania, Peanut, Tennessee; and Peanut West Virginia.
    
    
16. According to Little Brownie Bakers, cookie bakers use about 230,000 pounds of peanut butter per week to bake Girl Scout Do-si-dos and Tagalongs.
    
    
17. Peanut butter is healthy... studies have shown that peanut butter can lower cholesterol, prevent Type 2 diabetes, and actually help weight loss.
    
    
18. The world record for eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is six in one minute.
    
    
19. Although peanut butter is considered to be a kid's food, in actuality, adults consume morepeanut butter than kids do.
    
    
20. When making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, 96% of people put the peanut butter on before the jelly. 
    
    
21. “Arachibutyrophobia” (pronounced I-RA-KID-BU-TI-RO-PHO-BI-A) is the fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of your mouth.

So now you know all sorts of fun facts about peanut butter... and if you're a peanut butter lover, go ahead today on Peanut Butter Lover's Day and have yourself a treat with peanut butter.