Bulk Peanuts
Bulk peanuts are supplied as in-shell pods, whole shelled kernels with skin, blanched whole kernels, blanched splits, and graded granulation, in Runner, Spanish, and Virginia types. Kernel grades follow American Peanut Shellers Association standards, where screen size defines each grade, and moisture runs to 9.00 percent maximum.
Whole grades carry crunch and visual identity in snacking, confectionery, and panning, where kernel sizing sets the specification. Splits and granulation are the grinding and inclusion stock for bakery, bar, and butter production at a lower cost per pound. Kernels are shelled in the United States, with Argentine, Indian, and Chinese capacity covering ground and processed formats, and aflatoxin is quantitated per lot against the destination market limit. Conventional and certified organic programmes are both available. Request a quote or sample for evaluation.
Product Data
| Botanical Identity | Arachis hypogaea L., family Fabaceae |
|---|---|
| Available Forms | In-shell pods, whole shelled with skin, whole shelled blanched, blanched splits, granulation. |
| Treatments | Raw, blanched, dry roasted, salted, or honey roasted. |
| Moisture | 9.00% maximum on most kernel grades. |
| Storage | Sealed, ambient, below 60% relative humidity, away from strong odors and light. |
| Origin | United States, Argentina, India, and China. |
| Solubility | Insoluble in water across all forms; wet-ground material forms a suspension rather than a solution. |
| Certification Status | Conventional and certified organic on raw, blanched, dry roasted, and granulated forms. |
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Certifications & Compliance
The certifications and records below are available depending on product form, origin, processing facility, and lot.
- Certified Organic: Available on raw, blanched, dry roasted, and granulated forms, with transaction records linking finished lots to the grower.
- Kosher and Halal: Facility and product certification is available across in-shell, shelled, split, and granulated forms.
- Non-GMO: Supported by peanut, which is not commercially grown from genetically modified varieties (Placeholder – confirm any third-party verification).
- Core Documentation: Certificate of Analysis covering moisture, defects, foreign material, aflatoxin and microbiology, with specification sheet, origin documentation and SDS.
- Aflatoxin Testing Reports: Sampling and quantitation to the destination market limit, with a documented sampling plan appropriate to lot size.
- Validated Lethality Records: Time and temperature parameters with the log reduction achieved, issued on roasted and pasteurised lots.
- Allergen Statement: Identifies peanut as a declared major allergen. Cross-contact status is confirmed per packing facility rather than assumed across the range.
- Testing Support: Pesticide residue and heavy metals panels against US, EU, or customer-specified limits, with pathogen and indicator results per lot.
Production & Sourcing
Peanuts are grown across the US Southeast, Argentina, India, and China, and shelling is where the material is qualified. US shellers supply the kernel grades where sizing consistency and low defect counts matter most, and because the US and Argentine harvests fall six months apart, coverage runs continuously without holding a full year of crop. Argentine, Indian, and Chinese capacity covers ground and processed formats. Origin selection is driven by variety availability, aflatoxin control performance at the shelling stage, and whether the programme requires organic segregation.
1. Growing and Harvest: Pods develop underground and are lifted, inverted, and field-cured before threshing, with US harvest September to November.
2. Drying and Curing: Farmer stock is dried to a stable moisture before storage, since incomplete drying is the primary driver of aflatoxin formation.
3. Cleaning and Sizing of In-Shell Lots: Pods are cleaned, sized, and graded on shell appearance and kernel fill, with in-shell material exiting here.
4. Shelling and Grading: Pods are cracked and kernels separated, then sized by screen and graded on count, defects, and foreign material.
5. Sorting and Aflatoxin Control: Gravity, colour, and electronic sorting remove discoloured and immature kernels, followed by lot sampling and quantitation.
6. Blanching, Roasting, and Packing: Blanching loosens and splits the kernel, dry roasting serves as the validated lethality step, and lots are packed under metal detection.
Applications
Kernels are roasted, salted, or honey-coated and packed for retail and foodservice snack programmes.
Panning and enrobing lines take whole kernels, where count per ounce governs the finished piece.
Bakers specify splits and granulation at defined mesh cuts for doughs, fillings, and topical decoration.
In-shell, redskin, salted, and honey roasted grades supply retail and foodservice snack programs.
Granola, clusters, and protein bars carry granulation as the visible inclusion and protein contributor.
Grinding lines reduce blanched splits to smooth and crunchy spreads and to industrial paste.
Ground peanut thickens and flavours West African, Southeast Asian, and Latin American sauce systems.
Functionality
- Fat and Protein Contribution: Nearly half the kernel is oil, contributing richness and a protein lift without a separate added fat.
- Process and Second-Pass Heat Tolerance: The dense low-moisture kernel holds integrity through mixing and baking, and roasted material withstands a further bake.
- Dose Control by Particle Size: Mesh selection sets distribution, with coarse cuts staying visible as discrete pieces and fine cuts dispersing into the matrix.
- Grinding Stock Behaviour: Splits and granulation reduce to a smooth paste at moderate mill energy, since blanching has removed the fibrous seed coat.
- Surface Adhesion for Coatings: The kernel surface takes seasoning, syrup, and panning layers evenly, with blanched material adhering more uniformly than skin-on.
- Oil Migration Into Fat Coatings: The liquid oil fraction migrates into chocolate and compound coatings, softening the shell and driving bloom unless a barrier layer is applied.
Physical & Functional Characteristics
- Appearance: In-shell pods netted and irregular, shelled kernels smooth firm ovals, splits flat-faced, granulation angular and free-flowing.
- Color: Blanched material cream to ivory, skin-on redskin rose to red-brown, roasted kernels light to medium brown.
- Aroma and Flavor: Clean and mildly beany raw, with a pronounced roasted aroma and distinctly savoury character once heat treated.
- Kernel Structure and Seed Coat: Two cotyledons held by a thin seed coat, so splitting is natural cleavage rather than fracture.
- Ingredient Composition and Dietary Suitability: Single-ingredient in raw, blanched, roasted, split and granulated forms, with salt or sweetener only on seasoned grades.
- Oxidative and Environmental Sensitivity: The unsaturated oil fraction limits shelf life, blanched material oxidises faster than skin-on, and warm humid storage accelerates rancidity and mould risk.
- Handling Sensitivity: Kernels chip under mechanical conveying and drop height, and cutting generates fines and airborne dust requiring explosion-risk controls.
- Allergen Status: Peanuts are a declared major allergen in the US, EU, and most regulated markets, making segregated handling mandatory downstream.
Benefits for Commercial Manufacturing
- Two-Hemisphere Harvest Coverage: US and Argentine crops arriving six months apart shorten the inventory position carried against a single harvest.
- Documented Aflatoxin Programme: Sampling plans and quantitation set to the destination market limit give a defensible incoming acceptance criterion.
- Validated Lethality on Treated Lots: Lines that cannot apply their own kill step can rely on roast and pasteurisation records instead.
- Cost Position Against Tree Nuts: Peanuts deliver protein and oil below tree nut cost, and splits cut cost per pound where the kernel is hidden.
- Grade and Pack Matched to the Line: Choosing sizing, treatment, and pack format against how material is conveyed or cut reduces breakage and giveaway.
- Organic Chain of Custody: Certified lots carry through to a certified finished product on segregated handling and transaction records.
- Allergen Control Documentation: At audit, a downstream manufacturer defends its allergen programme on facility statements and cleaning validation.
