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Sun-Pat is a brand of peanut butter in the United Kingdom. | '''Sun-Pat''' is a brand of peanut butter in the United Kingdom. The brand is currently owned by [[Premier Foods]] after its 2002 acquisition of [[Nestle|Nestlé's]] ambient food business. '''Sun-Pat''' is the UK's favourite brand of peanute butter, used for 300 million sandwiches and rounds of toast a year. | ||
* 1890 Peanut butter was first invented by a St. Louis physician. | |||
* 1930s American peanut butter was sold in the UK since the 1930s. | |||
* 1960s '''Sun-Pat''' was launched, initially produced as a by-product of a nut-packing operation in Hadfield, Derbyshire. | |||
* In the early 1990's a range of cheese spreads were also produced under the '''Sun-Pat''' brand but were later discontinued. | |||
* 2004 The nut-packing factory in Hadfield was closed and production has now moved to Histon in Cambridgeshire. | |||
==Sources of Information== | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-Pat] Wikipedia | |||
* [http://www.premierfoods.co.uk/our-brands/grocery/sun-pat/] Premier Foods | |||
Revision as of 20:11, 14 December 2008
Sun-Pat is a brand of peanut butter in the United Kingdom. The brand is currently owned by Premier Foods after its 2002 acquisition of Nestlé's ambient food business. Sun-Pat is the UK's favourite brand of peanute butter, used for 300 million sandwiches and rounds of toast a year.
- 1890 Peanut butter was first invented by a St. Louis physician.
- 1930s American peanut butter was sold in the UK since the 1930s.
- 1960s Sun-Pat was launched, initially produced as a by-product of a nut-packing operation in Hadfield, Derbyshire.
- In the early 1990's a range of cheese spreads were also produced under the Sun-Pat brand but were later discontinued.
- 2004 The nut-packing factory in Hadfield was closed and production has now moved to Histon in Cambridgeshire.