Facts About Peanuts You (Probably) Didn’t Know

We’ve grown so used to eating peanuts that we often forget just how amazing they are. These crunchy nuts are great sources of vitamins and can be made into a variety of dishes, peanut butter being our most favourite one. There’s really not much we know about peanuts apart from the fact that they taste delicious, but that’s all going to change now. Here are some fun and interesting facts about peanuts you probably didn’t know.

Peanuts aren’t nuts. Just because something has a ‘nut’ in it doesn’t mean it’s actually a nut! Yes, it kind of doesn’t make sense, but peanuts are actually legumes. They don’t grow on trees like all the ‘real nuts’ do. Instead they form underground as roots and belong to the family of chickpeas, lentils, and soybeans.

It takes around 600 peanuts to make 350 grams of peanut butter. This is the size of your regular peanut butter jar from the market!

Peanut butter is more ancient than we all realized. Experts believe it was first created by the Ancient Aztecs who started up smashing and mixing peanuts into a crunchy peanut butter paste. A modern version of peanut butter appeared only around 1890s.