It has been recorded that back in 1890 a physician from St. Louis who has remains nameless allegedly asked the owner of a food produce business name George A. Bayle Jr. to create and sell a ground up peanut paste for people with poor dental hygiene; this was aimed at people who wouldn’t properly chew meat. Bayle Jr. went onto automate the process and started to sell this ‘peanut butter’ straight out of barrels for approximately 6 cents a pound. It was around this time that a Dr. John Harvey Kellogg from Michigan had been experimenting with a similar paste from his home in the small town of Battle Creek. This paste was given out for vegetarians as a source of protein. Kellogg also had a brother who was a business man, the pair teamed up and shortly after opened ‘Sanitas Nut Company’ who then supplied it to grocery shops in the local area.

By 1903 a Doctor by the name of George Washington Carver had thought up over three hundred uses for peanuts to go along with the already developed peanut butter paste, he is considered now by numerous people to be the father of the peanut industry. At the Universal Exposition in St. Louis in 1904, C.H. Sumner first introduced his own brand of peanut butter to the globe. He then went onto sell $705.11 worth of it at his refreshment stand; it would seem that peanut butter was directly on course to becoming American’s favorite.

The oldest known peanut company that is still in business today is Krema Products Company which was founded in Columbus, Ohio. Their particular brand of peanut went on sale in 1908. The founder of the company, Benton Black stuck to his roots and originally used the motto “I refuse to sell outside of Ohio.” As touching as this was for his local consumers it also had a practical origin as the produce would very quickly spoil inside the barrels and as a road system hadn’t been created Ohio really was the only place he could sell it.

Smoother peanut butter was being churned (compared with the usual gritty butters available at that time) by Joseph L. Rosefield from his company in California back in 1922, receiving the first ever patent for a peanut butter with a longer shelf life. The peanut butter he produced would stay fresh for approximately one year due to his unique treatment of it where the oil wouldn’t divide from the peanut butter.

The process was quickly adopted by Swift & Company for its E.K. Pond brand peanut butter which was renamed as Peter Pan by 1928. A dispute opened between Rosefield and Peter Pan but it was Rosefield that went on to create the first ever ‘crunchy style’ peanut butter which was produced by mixing the chopped peanuts into a creamy soft butter at the last stages of its production. It wasn’t until Procter & Gambled were introduced to the peanut world by their acquisition of W.T. Young Foods from Lexington in Kentucky. They were the creators of Big Top Peanut Butter. They also launched Jif by 1958 and have go on to own the world’s biggest ever peanut butter factory which manufactures over two hundred and fifty thousand jars each day.

Trust a huge corporation to take something as straightforward and delicious as peanut butter and debase it. All that is needed to make the perfect peanut butter is one key ingredient: Dry roasted peanuts. Previously there was no good way to make it homemade so a trip the shops were inevitable, but not anymore. Now you can easily make your own tasty peanut butter homemade with the peanut butter machine. With an amazing gadget like the Giles & Posner peanut butter machine you can harness the power of freshly ground butters from the comfort of your own kitchen. All you need to do is put some unsalted dry roasted peanuts into the top of the Giles & Posner peanut butter machine and turn the grinder on. Sit back and relax while the fresh, warm loveliness comes out.

There really is no cheaper, healthier and just plain tastier way to enjoy freshly made peanut butter than with a peanut butter machine. It even has the option to control the output texture of the peanut butter, you can choose from one of two options. Either have the peanut butter in a fine ‘smooth’ paste or enjoy it on the more familiar ‘chunky’ setting where the butter comes out in a thicker, almost shop bought consistency. Make your own recipes and indulge in whatever comes to mind by adding extra ingredients or purely just enjoy the classic taste of freshly made peanut butter with your peanut butter machine today!