10 facts about Jif peanut butter on #NationalPeanutButterLoversDay

Jif peanut butter is a staple of Lexington, so here are some facts about the popular brand.

These facts are from the J.M. Smucker Company, which is the parent company of Jif.

The Lexington, Kentucky Jif plant is the largest peanut butter producing facility in the world.
The peanut is not a nut. It is a legume and a member of the pea family.
You can harvest 2,861 pounds of peanuts from one acre of peanut plants.
People eat on average seven pounds of peanuts and peanut products annually.
Peanut butter was first introduced at the 1904 World's Fair.
Jif introduced creamy peanut butter in 1974.
Jif was chosen as the product name because it is easy to say, spell and remember.
1 in 10 peanuts grown in the U.S. for food use ends up in Jif peanut butter.
There are more than 1,200 peanuts in a 28 ounce jar of Jif peanut butter.
Americans consume 270 million pounds of Jif annually.