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U.S. consumers are eating more peanut butter, which accounts for more than 60 percent of all peanuts consumed for food in the U.S. and is increasingly recognized as a low-cost source of protein.
USDA’s Peanut Stocks and Processing Report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service said peanut butter consumption has increased six percent over the average during the previous ten years, while consumption of other peanut products has declined.
For the 2024-2025 marketing year, consumption of peanut snacks, which includes peanuts, snack bars, and trail mixes, was below the recent ten-year average. Rising net food consumption of peanuts in the U.S. is supported by expanded peanut production.
U.S. peanut production reached a record 6.5 billion pounds in 20245-2025, which was 25 percent higher than in 2014-2015. This growth in the domestic supply has facilitated expanded peanut crush and export volumes of six and ten percent, respectively, since 2014-2015.
NAFB news service
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