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Peanuts: The Guilt-Free Food

Feel great about your choices (and your budget) with our favorite cost-effective superfood.

Stay Sharp & Boost Your Mind with Peanuts

Achieving your peak mental performance doesn’t happen by accident. It takes the right combination of diet, exercise, and other healthy habits. But it all starts with the fuel we give our bodies.

The Peanut Trifecta: Nutrition & Taste at a Lower Price.

Peanuts and peanut butter provide a true trifecta that covers everything you’d want in the superlative of superfoods — including varied nutrition, tasty versatility, and an affordable price.

Power Up With Peanuts

Has your routine become a rut? Get energized with a daily serving of peanuts, and support your health for whatever comes your way every day!

All About Peanuts

When it comes to supporting your health, promoting better eating habits, or just making your meals go further and taste better, peanuts and peanut butter really do have it all.

Benefits for Everybody

From healthy development to staying sharp as we age, peanuts and peanut butter offer big benefits that keep growing with you.

Peanut Sidekick

Whether you’re looking to tighten your spending, trim your waistline or eat more sustainably, peanuts and peanut butter make it all deliciously easy!

Around the World

Whether you need a delicious way to start your day or a comforting meal to share, our recipes have you covered with international flavors that are easy, affordable, and downright delicious.

Brain Food

Crack open the latest studies on how peanuts can help improve memory for all ages.

Recipes

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Haystack No Bake Cookies

These no-bake cookies are no joke — packing a whole lot of delicious in with the protein power of peanuts.

No Bake Peanut Butter Pie

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No Bake Peanut Butter Pie

Easy to make and hard to resist, this no bake pie is just the ticket for a fast holiday feast.

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Roasted Cauliflower with Cumin-Citrus Peanut Sauce

Craving a roasted side that’s packed with flavor (and healthy benefits)? Our friend at StarInfiniteFood has you covered, with a plant-based dish that elevates peanut flavor using fresh citrus and warming cumin spice.

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Peanut Butter & Jelly Smoothie

This Peanut Butter and Jelly Smoothie is loaded with blueberries, bananas and peanut butter all layered in a jar with vanilla yogurt and topped with peanuts and peanut butter!

Snap out of bad habits with peanuts.

Cholesterol-free, gluten-free, and, best of all, guilt-free. Peanuts are the perfect ingredient for enjoying a delicious indulgence that doesn’t skimp on nutrition.

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Recent advances on the effect of nut consumption on cognitive improvement

Brain Health, Cognition | Published 2023, Food Frontiers

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Consumption of peanut products enhances the production of microbial phenolic metabolites related with memory and stress response: Results from the ARISTOTLE trial

Cognition, Composition, Gut microbiome | Published 2023, Journal of Functional Foods

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The Metabolizable Energy and Lipid Bioaccessibility of Tree Nuts and Peanuts: A Systematic Review with Narrative Synthesis of Human and In Vitro Studies

Energy balance, Obesity | Published 2023, Adv Nutr

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Peanut Products

Peanuts aren’t just a satisfying snack. In fact, you can find them in everything from snack foods to fine dining from around the world.

Peanut Facts

Did you know George Washington Carver found over 300 uses for peanuts? Learn all about the history and facts behind America’s favorite nut.

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