PEANUT BUTTER OR PASTE?
Dairy Farmers Object To
Use Of Word
The word “butter" should be prohibited by the Government from being applied to the product marketed under the name of “peanut butter,” the National Dairy Conference decided in Wellington yesterday. The conference was of opinion that butter was a commodity made from the produce of cows only, and the commodity made from peanuts should be styled “peanut paste” and not “peanut butter.”
Mr. P. Hansen, Awahuri, said that to his mind the value of the word “butter” was weakened by its use In this way. Peanut butter was made wholly from nuts and oil, and contained no butter whatever.
In Queensland action had been taken to prohibit the application of the word “butter” to the product of peanuts, and he proposed similar action be taken here. It would not cost anything, and would protect the use of the word “butter” for its proper application.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 234, 1 July 1939, Page 15
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155PEANUT BUTTER OR PASTE? Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 234, 1 July 1939, Page 15
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