This Southern State Is Home To The World's Largest Peanut Butter Factory - Tasting Table

"Introduced at the World Fair in 1904, peanut butter quickly rose to become an American favorite. So much so that the largest peanut butter factory in the world is nestled in the heart of Lexington, Kentucky, and produces none other than the largest peanut butter brand in the world: Jif. J.M. Smucker Company's Jif manufacturing plant is located 767 East Third Street, off of Winchester Road, and sits on 28 acres of property across multiple buildings and yard spaces."

"It is speculated that the factory produces 250,000 containers of peanut butter per day, though it's also been noted that Americans consume about 270 million pounds of Jif per year, too. Residents say that you can smell roasted peanuts in the air for miles around the city when the factory is up and running, a step that's crucial even in making your own homemade peanut butter."

"Built in 1946 for about $75,000, the modern-day Jif factory in Lexington, Kentucky, was created by William T. Young. At the time, Young owned W. T. Young Foods Inc., which produced Big Top peanut butter, so he created the factory to handle his peanut butter production. In 1955, Young sold the company to Procter & Gamble (P&G), which took control of the factory and rebranded Big Top peanut butter to Jif peanut butter in 1958."

Peanut butter was introduced at the World Fair in 1904 and became an American favorite. The J.M. Smucker Company operates a Jif manufacturing plant at 767 East Third Street in Lexington, Kentucky, on 28 acres across multiple buildings. The factory is speculated to produce about 250,000 containers per day while Americans consume roughly 270 million pounds of Jif annually. Residents report the smell of roasted peanuts across the city when the plant operates. The plant was built in 1946 by William T. Young, later sold to Procter & Gamble in 1955 and rebranded to Jif in 1958; P&G expanded the facility and substantial production occurred there into the 1990s, with Smucker acquiring Jif around 2002.

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