Skippy (peanut butter)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox brand Skippy is an American brand of peanut butter manufactured in the United States and China. First sold in 1932,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Skippy is currently manufactured by Hormel Foods,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which bought the brand from Unilever in 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is the best-selling brand of peanut butter in China and second only to the J.M. Smucker Company's Jif brand worldwide.<ref name="cnnmoney">Template:Cite web</ref>

Brand name

The name "Skippy" was trademarked in 1925 by Percy Crosby, creator of the popular "Skippy" comic strip (1923–1945), which had been adapted into the 1929 novel Skippy, the daytime children's radio serial Skippy (1932–1935), and the Oscar-winning 1931 film Skippy.

In 1932, the Alameda, California food packer Joseph L. Rosefield began to sell Skippy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Crosby successfully had the trademark invalidated in 1934. Rosefield persisted using the name and after Crosby was committed to an asylum and after the passage in 1946 of the Lanham Act, Rosefield was granted rights to the trademark.<ref name="trademarkandcopyrightlawblog.com">Template:Cite web</ref>

Product

In 1955, Rosefield sold the brand to Best Foods.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Its successor companies, most recently Unilever and Hormel, claim rights to the trademark over the objection of Crosby's heirs, and much litigation has occurred on this point over the decades, some of which has continued into the 2000s.<ref name=":0">Skippy.com website</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Skippy is sold in many different sizes, including a Template:Convert jar, known as the "Family Jar". In late 2000, Skippy reduced their standard jar size from Template:Convert to Template:Convert by adding a "dimple" in the bottom of the jar while retaining the jar's height and diameter.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Production

Skippy has factories in Little Rock, Arkansas,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Shandong Province, China.<ref name="cnnmoney"/> About 750,000 pounds of peanuts are brought daily to the Skippy Peanut Butter plant in Little Rock, Arkansas, resulting in over 3.5 million pounds of peanut butter produced each week.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

There are 14 different varieties of Skippy Peanut Butter Spread.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter
• Skippy Super Chunk Peanut Butter
• Skippy Roasted Honey Nut Creamy Peanut Butter
• Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter
• Skippy Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter
• Skippy Peanut Butter Blended with Plant Protein Creamy
• Skippy Peanut Butter Blended with Plant Protein Chunky
• Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter Spread No Sugar Added
• Skippy Chunky Peanut Butter Spread No Sugar Added
• Skippy Natural Creamy Peanut Butter Spread
• Skippy Natural Creamy Peanut Butter Spread with Honey
• Skippy Natural Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread
• Skippy Natural Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread with Honey
• Skippy Natural Creamy 1/3 Less Sodium & Sugar Peanut Butter Spread

Skippy is also available in a 6 oz. squeeze pack in Creamy or Natural Peanut Butter Spread and 1.15 oz. individual squeeze 8 packs in Creamy or Natural Peanut Butter Spread.<ref name=":0" />

In 2018, Skippy added Skippy P.B. Fruit Bites<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> to their Skippy P.B. Bites that were already available in Double Peanut Butter, Pretzel and Graham Cracker.

On September 12, 2018, Skippy announced a new line of Skippy P.B. & Jelly Minis in Peanut Butter & Grape Jelly, Natural Peanut Butter & Grape Jelly and Peanut Butter & Strawberry Jelly.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Nutrition

Skippy Peanut Butter is cholesterol-free and gluten-free. It contains sugar and hydrogenated vegetable oil (cottonseed, soybean and rapeseed oil) to prevent separation.<ref>SKIPPY® Creamy Peanut Butter</ref>

All varieties of Skippy Peanut Butter are also kosher except the Skippy P.B. bites.<ref name=":0" />

External links

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• Skippy Peanut Butter Commercial (1958) from Youtube.com (Commercial Describing Skippy History)