Nutriset is the French manufacturer and trademark owner of Plumpy'nut, the

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 seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small an ...

-based

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for use in famine relief. It was formulated in 1997 by André Briend, a

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pediatric nutritionist. The majority of Plumpy'nut is produced in a Nutriset factory in

Malaunay Malaunay () is a commune of the Rouen Metropolis in the Seine-Maritime department in Normandy, Northwestern France. Geography Malaunay is a town lying along the banks of the River Cailly, some north of Rouen, at the junction of the D51, D155 an ...

, and

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purchases 90 percent of the supply from that factory for

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