The History And Background Of Peanut Butter

Usually I use peanut butter with bread in my breakfast. I’m very like this item. So I determine research peanut butter. Peanut butter is from peanuts and native to the tropics of the Americas. In Philippines and Indonesia most like eat peanut butter. Other countries have UK, North America, Netherlands, and Asia. Now in US and China are mainly exporters of peanut butter.

This butter is usually being a condiment served with bread and sandwich for make some breakfast and dessert. Peanuts butter are rich nutrients and in unsaturated fats and help improve Glucose and insulin homeostasis. So that can reduce diabetes. Usually it is can substitute for red or processed meats. So can reducing fat. It is very popular in western countries. (Wikipedia, 2012)

History

In early 950 B.C, peanuts are native to in South America. The ancient Incas first used peanuts makes a like pasty substitute. In old time makes peanut butter, people use roasted peanuts then use a knife chopped dry roasted peanuts put in a bowl, use stone crushed peanuts until the like powder, added to some olive oil mixed. Until the makes to pasty and added to some seasoning.

After few years, explorers use this product and trade in Spain. Then changed peanut butter is colonies in South American.

Timeline

1840

The first commercial peanut was grown in North Carolina.

1890

In many years ago, the old aged people could not use teeth chewing meat or hard food. So use peanut butter being a medicine and it is has a nutritious protein substitute for healthy things. An unknown St. Louis physician supposedly have a food products company, he is process and package peanut paste and sale peanut about 6¢ per pound.

1895

Dr. John Harvey Kellogg in his Battle Creek Sanitarium used peanut butter is served the patients and old age people.

1896

Joseph Lambert and Dr. Kellogg first invented peanut butter machine.

1899

Almeeta Lambert wrote the first peanut butter cookbook.

1903

Dr. George Washington Carver developed more than 300 other uses for peanuts, and is considered by many to be the father of the peanut industry.

1904

In the St. Louis World’s Fair, Sumner first report peanut butter has a long shelf life. He sold $705.11 of the treat at his concession stand!

1908

Krema Products Company in Columbus, Ohio, began selling peanut butter and is the oldest peanut butter company still in operation today.

1914

In 1914, in many companies began product peanut butter.

1922

Joseph L. Rosefield sold peanut butter in California, churning it to make it smoother. He received the first patent for peanut butter that could stay fresh up to a year.

1928

One of the first companies to adopt Rosefield’s process was Swift & Company, later renamed Peter Pan.

1932

Rosefield began producing peanut butter under the Skippy label, and created the first crunchy-style peanut butter two years later.

1955

Procter & Gamble entered the peanut butter business, introduced Jif in 1958. Now owned by the J.M. Smucker Company, Jif operates the world’s largest peanut butter plant, producing 250,000 jars every day!

1994

The Arthur D. Little Inc’s Centre for Technology and Product Development invented peanut butter to reduced fat as a reaction for growing consumer demand for low-fat foods. This new production substituted poly-dextrose, water, and fat.

In early 20th century, the popularity of peanut butter has inspired the production of other iterations, including reduced sodium peanut butters, smooth and chunky peanut butters, and alternative different nut butters, such as cashew butter. Peanut butter is popular in the world. Now peanut butter became a good ingredient for breakfast in homes.

(Jesse, 2002)

Food and wage cost

After worlds war 2, there was huge change in the farming, transport and many factory industries, including peanut butter production. Peanut productions were sharp decline, so affect the peanut butter production. So reduced production that increased human’s requirements and increased food price. Therefore the price will be with the peanut production have some change. With the peanut production rise the peanut butter production will be rise, so the price will be descend. Opposite if the peanut productions descend the peanut butter production will be descending, so the price will be rise.

Globalization is the increase the connectivity between people or human through international integration, this happens due to innovation in technology for communication imports, exports with increased rate of globe exchange. Likes India and China, labour is very cheaper and reduced production cost. So in these countries more and more factories produced peanut butter. In this lower wage cost, production price will be descending.

Geography

It is very important connection of peanut production and peanut butter production. This picture shows the counties which produce the peanut butter:

According to following statistic of Main producing countries in 2008/2009, China, India and US was the top three countries in the world about peanut butter production

China is the largest producer of peanut butter in the world. Planting peanut seed need to warm areas, usually growing in summer. They usually need about 100-150 warm days and free frosts to reach matured. Soil need to rich and soft. And give enough water about 10days until the up a little seedling. Before next summer, you can harvest any peanuts. In this conditions to product a lot of peanut butter. North of China is an ideal place the farming peanuts. So China was increased raw material for peanut butter.

Secondly, India is a largest producer of peanut butter in the world. Because untapped domestic market as the product is relatively new for India. In India, labour is very cheaper and reduced production cost. So in India more and more factories produced peanut butter.

USA is the top 3 producer in the world. In USA a lot of peanut exports production and In USA a lot of people use peanut butter alternative daily food for ingredients. (Paul Barksdale, 2009)

Culture

Manual labour: A peanut butter factories need a lot of staffs and workers. Machines control staff need control all machines, packaging staffs need managements packaging and handling, hygiene control staffs need managements all hygiene and safety.

Peanut butter festival on the last Saturday in October, the earliest peanut butter festival in the Southeast, provide a giant boost to the local economy with the annual Peanut Butter Festival harvest and heritage celebration.

Peanut butter is good for health, but sometimes it is a danger to those with peanut allergies. In 20th century, in many schools banned peanuts from their cafeteria menus to avoid problems, must be specially labelled and separate with other foods.

Now, usually the packaging for peanut butter always used by plastic paper, the plastic will pollute environment.

Halal foods including peanut butter, because it is alternatives meat, canned beans and etc. It will be increased peanut butter products.

Change agent (Mary Bellis, 2012)

Joseph Lambert and Dr. Kellogg- In 1896, Joseph Lambert and Dr. Kellogg first invented a churning process have smooth texture. Then invented hand-operated peanut butter machine and selling machine.

Pond Company- In 1932, Rosenfield opened a makes peanut butter company, and named ‘Pond Company’. Then making his brand named ‘Peter Pan’ peanut butter. In the product included a crunchy style peanut butter.

Procter & Gamble- In 1955, Jif began to business to peanut butter. He was opened Procter & Gamble Company began to makes peanut butter. Now this is the most makes peanut butter company in the world. And product 250,000 jars every day.

Innovation (Silver Spring, 2011)

Methods- Before use stone crushed peanuts. Now peanut butter is usually made by two stage grinding operations. The first reduces the nuts to a medium grind and the second to a fine, smooth texture. For fine grinding, clearance between plates is about 0.032 inch. The second milling uses a very high- speed grinder cum mixer that has a combination cutting- shearing and attrition action and operates at 9600 rpm. This milling produces a very fine particle with a maximum size of less than 0.01 inch.

Equipment- Before make peanut butter, we usually use one hand-operated peanut butter machine, now upturn living standards many people use one pulper crushed peanut. From coarse texture to changed soft texture.

Packaging- Before use bowl packing the peanut butter. Now in factories use correct packaging is the main factor in reducing oxidation, manufacturers use vacuum packing. After it is put into final containers the peanut butter is allowed to remain undisturbed until crystallization throughout the mass is completed.

Resources/ Uses

Natural resource- Makes peanut butter mainly use to peanut. Plant the peanut need air, sunlight, water and soil.

Human resource- A peanut butter factories need a lot of staffs and workers. Machines control staff need control all machines, packaging staffs need managements packaging and handling, hygiene control staffs need managements all hygiene and safety.

Mechanical resource- Now many peanut butter factories use some machines chews the peanut, such as a large pulper.

Economic resource- Humans requirements for peanut butter need to set more factories and land set the machines. And these factories can pollute the environments so factories need to more labours and machines. So these factories will add to more capitals.

The improvement of peanut butter production-

In old time makes peanut butter, people use roasted peanuts then use a knife chopped dry roasted peanuts put in a bowl, use stone crushed peanuts until the like powder, added to some olive oil mixed. Until the makes to pasty and added to some seasoning.