Kraft introduced peanut butter in Canada in 1960, but more than 3,000 years ago peanut butter made its mark in history.Peanuts were first cultivated in South America by the Incas, who liked the small vegetable so much that they decorated pots with peanut designs and made them in the distinctive peanut shape. The Incas also made the first peanut butter.In the 1530's, Spanish Conquistadors made their discovery of the peanut when they sailed to South America in search of gold. They took it back to Spain, where it soon flourished and became an important vegetable crop. This was the beginning of the Spanish peanut, one of the most popular varieties of peanuts known today. The Spaniards' use of the peanut as a trade item eventually led to its introduction worldwide.Peanut Butter as we know it today, was invented by a St. Louis physician in 1890 who intended it as a health food for invalids.¹ Mattes, R., International Journal of Obesity 2000; 24:1167-75
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