Kernel King is always not easy to find but it is Manchester's peanut butter. The labelling does not tell you what the different colours are but red top is smooth, brown is crunchy and green seems to be crunchier still.
Kernel King is made by F. Duerr And Sons Ltd, a company trading since 1881 who are based in Floats House in south Manchester. They also make jam, marmalade, mincemeat, mustard and mayonaisse.
As with all manufacturers of glass jars and bottles, I wish they and shops operated a return and reuse scheme, rather than the glass simply getting recycled (at best!), which isn't sensible recycling but is actually smashing up the glass to then expend more energy and resources to merely make more of the same... they did a few decades ago, why can't they now?
The old beer and lemonade bottles, even when I was a child, operated on a deposit basis and dairies collected and reused milk bottles. No wonder the planet is accelerating to environmental disaster with not enough of us applying the brakes...
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Your correspondent from Texas is flabbergasted.
ReplyDeleteI now know that my British visitors fascination with this peculiar American concoction called "pea nut butter" was all a ruse. The next thing you know they'll have PG Tips at the local grocery. oh wait. Hob Nobs ... well they got that ... um, Bovril? sighs.
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My son is a peanut butter addict, but I haven't seen Kernel King on the supermarket shelves. I will look out for it as it is a Manchester product. I usually buy Sun-Pat which comes in plastic jars which isn't much better from an environmental perspective.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on glass bottles. Why can't we recycle more efficiently if we managed it in the past?
But plastic is a million times worse than glass so why would you ever buy plastic if you are into recycling efficiently? And SunPat is a large multinational! I would never buy anything from them. Kernel King is available in Mcr at B&M.
DeleteThis is new to me. I knew Duerr's made jams and marmalade but never heard of the peanut butter. Oddly I was chatting with a bloke at the weekend and his family used to deliver lemonade in glass bottles to peoples houses but not for some years now, they still trade but is all wholesale today. I too cannot get my head around the whole glass recycling thing it was I guess more effective when we were kids.
ReplyDeleteI think they are making great business there. The peanut butter is delicious!
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I used to love peanut butter when I was a child, but then I ODed on it.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is allergic to peanuts. So she has decided that she HATES the taste of anything that even LOOKS like peanut butter.
Peanut butter and jam... yummy.
ReplyDeleteI love peanut butter!
ReplyDeleteI love peanut butter: the crunchy variety. In the Netherlands we have orange tops for the crunchy and brown tops for the smooth peanut butter.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that when you add a little milk and heat up the peanut butter you get a great sauce to go with your chicken? Yum!
umm ... but you have a black lid, not a green lid ... am I missing something?
ReplyDeleteI think one of the reasons for the smashing rather than re-use is the economic engagement that it requires, perhaps.
I love peanut butter, but had to stop buying it. I was having much more peanut butter than toast ...
No, it is actually dark green ;-)
DeleteAlways liked it.
ReplyDeleteGreat post and love the photo ~ very informative for 'us across the pond' ~ (A Creative Harbor)
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Never mind the packaging - what about the content? I think (and hope) that the green top indicates the recipe that contains no sugar.
ReplyDeleteIngredients for brown and green top are: 90% roasted peanuts, sugar, palm oil, sea salt. Probably same for smooth red top but have since recycled it ;-
DeleteExtra crunchy works for me, thank you! And the (non)recycling is strictly a cost issue - most people won't pay the cost of collecting, cleaning and re-using.
ReplyDeleteWe seldom buy peanut butter as my son is allergic to it. Haven't tried that brand.
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Rose, ABC Wednesday Team.
is there anything better than a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on fresh white bread with a cold glass of milk? i think not! and i agree 100% about the recycling...you'd think we'd be moving ahead on this, not behind!
ReplyDeleteYes, there is - peanut butter and honey!
ReplyDeleteBetter still: crunchy peanut butter (without added sugar) topped with mashed banana!
ReplyDeleteThis is the second time I've seen peanut butter mentioned tonight Chrissy..I don't know how much longer I can hold out haha!
ReplyDeleteYum!
ReplyDeleteCan I buy these from Waitrose? :o)
How marvelous that Manchester has its own peanut butter! I am somewhat hungry for some pb now :))
ReplyDeleteI have only seen it for sale in the downmarket store "B & M"...
ReplyDeletejust tried kernel king and it has quite a low peanut content ( 67%) and far to sweet and contains maltodextrin? im from manchester so i'm a bit dissapointed at the overall quality of this pb. btw peanut butter on toast is king! :)
ReplyDeleteyou tried the unhealthy reduced fat one. Get the normal one or the green no added sugar one.
DeleteAmerican and Canadian peanut has more sugar and lower peanut content. Lidl do a 95% peanut butter!
ReplyDeleteWhy is it watery
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