Peanut butter consumption up 6 percent from the 10-year average

U.S. consumers are “nuts” about peanut butter. Peanut butter accounts for more than 60 percent of all peanuts consumed for food in the United States and is increasingly recognized as a low-cost protein source. According to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service Peanut Stocks and Processing report, peanut butter consumption has increased 6 percent over the average of the previous 10 years, while consumption of other peanut products has declined. For the 2024/25 marketing year, consumption of peanut snacks, which include peanuts, snack bars, and trail mixes, was below the 10-year average. Rising net food consumption of peanuts in the United States is supported by expanded peanut production. U.S. peanut production reached a record of 6.5 billion pounds in 2024/25—25 percent higher than 2014/15. This growth in the domestic supply has facilitated expanded peanut crush and export volumes, of 6 and 10 percent, respectively since 2014/15. This chart is drawn from USDA’s Economic Research Service’s Oil Crops Outlook, September 2025.