A peanut butter and jelly sandwich |
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| Origin | |
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| Alternative name(s) | PB & J |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Dish details | |
| Course served | Main course |
| Serving temperature | Room Temperature |
| Main ingredient(s) | Peanut Butter, Jelly, Bread |
| Variations | Multiple |
| Approximate calories per serving | 432 cal/18 g fat/3 g fiber/59 g carbs[1] |
The peanut butter and jelly sandwich or PB&J is a sandwich, popular in North America, that includes a layer of peanut butter and either jam or jelly on bread, commonly between two slices, but sometimes eaten open-faced.
A 2002 survey showed the average American will have eaten 1,500 of these sandwiches before graduating from high school.[2]
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Some variants add honey, chocolate or maple syrup, the hazelnut-chocolate spread Nutella, marshmallows, raisins, bananas, butter, marshmallow fluff, potato chips, cheese, other dried fruit, or another slice of bread. Other variations include slices of fresh fruit besides bananas such as apples or strawberries.
In 1968, The J.M. Smucker Co. introduced Goober, which combined alternating vertical stripes of peanut butter and jelly.
In December 1999, two independent inventors, Len Kretchman and David Geske, were granted U.S. patent,[3] "Sealed Crustless Sandwich" for a peanut butter sandwich that would have a long shelf life. The J.M. Smucker Co. bought the patent from the inventors and developed a commercial product based on the patent called Uncrustables. Smuckers then invested US$17 million in a new factory[4] to produce the product. By 2005, sales of Uncrustables had grown to $60 million a year with a 20% per year growth rate.
Smuckers attempted to enforce their patent rights by sending out cease and desist letters to competitors, and by expanding their intellectual property coverage via the patenting of a machine to produce Uncrustables sandwiches in high volume U.S. Patent 6,874,409 "Method and apparatus for making commercial crustless sandwiches and the crustless sandwich made thereby". The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, however, rejected the viability of the patent citing its similarity to existing processes such as that of fashioning ravioli or a pie crust.[5]
In 2011, Mark One Foods, LLC began producing a sandwich in a can called the Candwich. The first flavor released by the company is a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich.[6]