Beer Nuts

Beer Nuts is a brand of snack foods building on the original product, peanuts with a "unique" sweet-and-salty glazing made to a "secret recipe". According to the manufacturer's website [ [http://www.beernuts.com Official website] ] , the ingredients comprise "Peanuts, Vegetable Oil (Peanut and/or Coconut), Corn Syrup and Salt".

In spite of their name, Beer Nuts do not contain any beer [ [http://www.allaboutbeer.com/features/beernuts.html Beer Nuts: Two words that say it all] ] ; the name is intended to suggest to customers that they go well with beer.

History

The official company history starts in 1952 when Edward Shirk and his son Arlo took over the "Caramel Crisp" confectionery store in Bloomington, Illinois, USA, which amongst others sold a product called "Redskins", glazed peanuts with their red skins intact. In the early 1950s this product was sold packaged as "Shirk's Glazed Peanuts" in local National Liquor Stores.

Due to the business acumen of a local food distributor named Eldridge Brewster the product was then gradually expanded to a national brand and the Beer Nuts trademark was registered. The trademark is officially spelled with all capital letters: BEER NUTS.

Their product line has since expanded to feature other nuts such as cashews and almonds.

The company is still family owned; their only production site is still based in Bloomington.

In Australia

In Australia, "beer nuts" are used as a generic description of roasted, salted peanuts sold shelled but unhusked. A famous brand is Nobby's. The "Beer Nuts" brand is not sold.

References

External links

* [http://www.beernuts.com Official website]