Natural Peanut butter

1. INTRODUCTION

 Peanut butter is made from raw peanuts by roasting and crushing to paste. It is very

nutritional product as it contains about 48% protein and minerals. It is used widely as

bread spread. In India it is gradually becoming popular in urban areas. Super market

shelf now can be seen with peanut butter jar. There are mainly two types of peanut

butter based on smoothness of the end product. Creamy products are very fine and

crunchy products are coarse in nature. Moreover other types are made by adding small

quantity of chocolate or fruit jelly. The shelf life of the butter is about twelve months

from the date of manufacturing. It is not required to store peanut butter in refrigerator

or cold temperature. It can be stored at ambient temperature. However once seal is

opened it has to be under lower temperature.