U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for November 25: Peanut Butter Lovers Month

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

PEANUT BUTTER LOVERS MONTH

Profile America — Friday, November 25th. It's a time to celebrate one of life's simple, viscous pleasures — it's Peanut Butter Lovers Month. The stuff of one of America's favorite sandwiches, peanut butter was first offered to the public at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. But as we currently know it — with the peanuts roasted and the product churned like butter to be smooth and so the oil won't separate — peanut butter didn't appear on grocery shelves until the 1920s. While we each eat nearly 7 pounds of peanuts in all forms each year, peanut oil is used in making paints, cosmetics, and lubricants, while the shells are used to make wallboard, abrasives, and fuel. Making peanut butter and roasting nuts is a nearly $13 billion a year business in the U.S. You can find current data on the country's economy by downloading the 'America's Economy' mobile application at www.census.gov/mobile.

Sources:
Peanut Butter Lovers Month/accessed 8/16/2016: http://peanutbutterlovers.com/uncategorized/november-peanut-butter-lovers-month/ 
History of peanut butter/accessed 8/16/2016:  http://peanutbutterlovers.com/pb-lovers/pb101/history/ 
Uses of peanuts/accessed 8/16/2016:  http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnet-lab/miami/2005/linero3/Lesson%205%20Peanut%20uses%20Teacher%20background.htm 
Per capita consumption of peanuts/tab 2/accessed 8/16/2016: http://www.ers.usda.gov/datafiles/Food_Availabily_Per_Capita_Data_System/Food_Availability/nuts.xls 
Value of roasted nuts and peanut butter manufacture/NAICS 311911:  http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ASM_2013_31VS101&prodType=table

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).

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