Honey-roasted peanuts is a
salt
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-,
sugar
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- and
honey
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-flavored
peanut
The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible Seed, seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small ...
snack food that is provided as a
mass-produced
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product line by several nut and snack food companies, such as Planters, The Sun Valley Nut Co, and King Nut.
History
Before the 1980s, legumes were glazed before being roasted, resulting in a messy, sticky product that "lost both flavor and color", according to the
''News and Observer''. Planters introduced a honey roasted nut mix in 1985.
In 1987, former North Carolina State University food scientist Bill Hoover, working in his home basement lab after he retired, developed a method to glaze the nuts after roasting.
Hoover's method roasts the legumes first, then while the nuts are between 160 and 350 degrees, coats them with the glaze.
The resulting product is less sticky and retains freshness longer.
Hoover sold the patent to
Anheuser-Busch
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but retained royalties.
Airlines
In the United States, some airlines such as
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines, Inc., typically referred to as Delta, is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier. One of the List of airlines by foundation date, world's oldest airlines in operation, Delta is headquartered in Atla ...
and
Southwest Airlines have provided free snack-sized bags of honey roasted peanuts to its customers on domestic flights.
[December 8, 2016]
"New snacks take flight with Delta"
''Atlanta Business Chronicle
The ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'' is a weekly newspaper covering business news in Atlanta, Georgia, published by American City Business Journals. The paper has both a weekly print edition and an online edition.
History
The ''Atlanta Business ...
''. Retrieved February 14, 2021. This became a longstanding tradition with Southwest Airlines, but in 2018 the company discontinued providing peanuts in the interest of protecting those who have peanut allergies.
King Nut has provided honey roasted peanuts and many other snacks to several airlines based in the United States.
See also
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Beer Nuts
Beer Nuts is an American brand of snack food building on the original product, peanuts with a sweet-and-salty glazing. According to the manufacturer, the ingredients include peanuts, coconut oil, corn syrup and salt. In the United States, Bee ...
– an American snack food brand consisting of peanuts with a sweet-and-salty glaze
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List of peanut dishes
This is a list of peanut dishes and foods that are prepared using peanuts or peanut butter as a primary ingredient. Peanuts are also referred to as groundnuts.
Dishes and foods
* Ants on a log – a snack made by spreading peanut butter, c ...
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List of snack foods
This is a list of snack foods in alphabetical order by type and name. A snack is a small portion of food eaten between meals. They may be simple, prepackaged items, raw fruits or vegetables or more complicated dishes but they are traditionally co ...
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Notes
References
Further reading
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Wiley
Wiley may refer to:
Locations
* Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town
* Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S.
* Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany
People
* Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer
* Wiley Mil ...
, volume=27 , issue=2 , year=2003 , issn=1470-6423 , doi=10.1046/j.1470-6431.2003.00298.x , pages=157–167
External links
Visiting King Nut – Snack Provider to the World's Airlines Airline Reporter. March 25, 2015.
Peanut dishes
Snack foods