Skippy (peanut butter) facts for kids
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| Type | Peanut butter |
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| Owner | Hormel Foods |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | 1932 |
| Markets | Worldwide (except Canada) |
| Previous owners | Joseph L. Rosefield CPC International Bestfoods Corporation Unilever |
| Website | www.peanutbutter.com |
Skippy is a popular American brand of peanut butter. It's made in the United States and China. Skippy was first sold in 1932. Today, Hormel Foods makes Skippy. They bought the brand from Unilever in 2013. Skippy is the top-selling peanut butter in China. It's also the second best-selling brand worldwide, after Jif.
What's in a Name?
The name "Skippy" was first used in 1925. It came from a popular comic strip called "Skippy." This comic strip was created by Percy Crosby. The comic strip also became a novel, a radio show, and even an Oscar-winning movie!
In 1932, a food company in Alameda, California, started selling peanut butter. They used the name "Skippy" without asking Percy Crosby. This led to some legal disagreements over who owned the name. Eventually, the company that made the peanut butter was allowed to keep using the "Skippy" name.
About the Product
Over the years, the Skippy brand has been owned by different companies. These include Best Foods, Unilever, and now Hormel Foods.
Skippy peanut butter comes in many different sizes. One popular size is a 4-pound (1.8 kg) jar, which is known as the "Family Jar." Around the year 2000, the standard jar size changed a little. It went from 18 ounces (510 g) to 16.3 ounces (460 g). The jars looked similar, but they had a small "dimple" at the bottom.
How Skippy is Made
Skippy peanut butter is made in two main places. There's a factory in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the United States. Another factory is in Shandong Province, China.
Every day, the factory in Little Rock, Arkansas, receives about 750,000 pounds of peanuts. This helps them make over 3.5 million pounds of peanut butter each week!
There are many different kinds of Skippy Peanut Butter Spread. You can find:
- Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter
- Skippy Super Chunk Peanut Butter
- Skippy Roasted Honey Nut Creamy Peanut Butter
- Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter
- Skippy Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter
- Skippy Peanut Butter Blended with Plant Protein Creamy
- Skippy Peanut Butter Blended with Plant Protein Chunky
- Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter Spread No Sugar Added
- Skippy Chunky Peanut Butter Spread No Sugar Added
- Skippy Natural Creamy Peanut Butter Spread
- Skippy Natural Creamy Peanut Butter Spread with Honey
- Skippy Natural Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread
- Skippy Natural Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread with Honey
- Skippy Natural Creamy 1/3 Less Sodium & Sugar Peanut Butter Spread
Skippy also comes in smaller, easy-to-use packages. You can get a 6 oz. squeeze pack in Creamy or Natural. There are also 1.15 oz. individual squeeze packs, perfect for on-the-go snacks.
In 2018, Skippy added new products like Skippy P.B. Fruit Bites. They also have Skippy P.B. Bites in flavors like Double Peanut Butter, Pretzel, and Graham Cracker. Later that year, they introduced Skippy P.B. & Jelly Minis. These come in flavors like Peanut Butter & Grape Jelly and Peanut Butter & Strawberry Jelly.
Nutrition Facts
Skippy Peanut Butter is a good choice for many diets. It does not contain cholesterol and is also gluten-free. To keep the oil from separating, it contains a small amount of sugar and hydrogenated vegetable oil. These oils can include cottonseed, soybean, and rapeseed oil.
Most kinds of Skippy Peanut Butter are also kosher. However, the Skippy P.B. bites are not.
