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Research Project: Improvement and Maintenance of Peanuts, Peanut Products and Related Peanut Product Flavor, Shelf Life, Functional Characteristics

Location: Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit

Title: Popular press article-peanut farm market news 2022-peanut skins & value added

Author
item Toomer, Ondulla
item SPEARMAN, TYRON - Peanut Farm Market News

Submitted to: Popular Publication
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/29/2002
Publication Date: 8/29/2022
Citation: Toomer, O.T., Spearman, T. 2022. Popular press article-peanut farm market news 2022-peanut skins & value added. Popular Publication. https://www.farmprogress.com/peanut/new-uses-for-peanut-skins.

Interpretive Summary: Over the past 8 years, research in the Food Science & Market Quality & Handling Research Unit has demonstrated the value-added uses for the estimated 40 million to 70 million pounds of peanut skins that are stripped annually from the nut in the process of making peanut butter, snacks, oil, or candy. This research has shown the untapped nutritional potential of peanut skins which are typically discarded as waste by-products, as a natural antimicrobial poultry feed additive in poultry production systems and potential strategy to improve food safety of poultry meat and eggs by reducing the levels of food borne pathogens in production environments. Peanut skins contain health-promoting compounds that prohibit the growth of various bacteria that are commonly found in food production systems. The popular press article titled: "Peanut Skins & Value Added" published by Peanut Farm Market News describes the use of peanut skins as a value-added poultry feed additive.

Technical Abstract: Over the past 8 years, research in the Food Science & Market Quality & Handling Research Unit has demonstrated the value-added uses for the estimated 40 million to 70 million pounds of peanut skins that are stripped annually from the nut in the process of making peanut butter, snacks, oil, or candy. This research has shown the untapped nutritional potential of peanut skins which are typically discarded as waste by-products, as a natural antimicrobial poultry feed additive in poultry production systems and potential strategy to improve food safety of poultry meat and eggs by reducing the levels of food borne pathogens in production environments. Peanut skins contain health-promoting compounds that prohibit the growth of various bacteria that are commonly found in food production systems. The popular press article titled: "Peanut Skins & Value Added" published by Peanut Farm Market News describes the use of peanut skins as a value-added poultry feed additive.