Peanut Butter Goes International
Peanut Butter Goes International
This chapter focuses on peanut butter's presence in the international market. Peanut butter got its start in the 1890s, at the same time as the American empire, and eventually spread around the world. Although countries such as Haiti and the Netherlands have their own distinctive peanut butter traditions, it is mainly found overseas wherever there are American expatriates, the American military, and locals who deal with them. Germany, which is top-heavy with U.S. military bases, is the number two importer of U.S. peanut butter. Of people in India who eat peanut butter, 75 percent are from the United States, 24 percent from other countries, and only 1 percent from India. Today, peanut butter is present in North America, Europe, Australia, Russia, Asia, and the Middle East. According to Skippy executive John Moorhead, Skippy is the world's leading peanut butter by virtue of its export sales.
Keywords: peanut butter, Haiti, Germany, United States, North America, Europe, Australia, Russia, Asia, Middle East
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