Established in 1898, family-owned Krema Nut Company makes roasted nuts and natural peanut butter in Columbus, Ohio. Its nuts are gently roasted by hand in small batches, while its creamy and crunchy peanut butter is made without added salt, sugar, or preservatives. Krema says it is one of the oldest peanut butter makers still manufacturing in the United States.
Crazy Richard'sCrazy Richard’s is a women-owned, family-run small business making natural nut butters, best known for peanut butter made with an unusually short ingredient list. Its roots reach back to Krema Peanut Butter, founded in 1898, and to a Philadelphia home-kitchen natural-foods maker whose “crazy” passion helped inspire the name. Today, a seven-person team uses American-grown peanuts and supports childhood-hunger efforts through its Healthy Kids, Happy Future Project.PLAIN CITY, OH
Peanut Butter & CoPeanut Butter & Co. makes peanut butter and other nut-butter spreads, growing from Lee Zalben’s 1998 Greenwich Village sandwich shop into a U.S.-made food company. Still 100% family owned, it uses only USA-grown peanuts and simple ingredients, with products certified by the Non-GMO Project and Vegan Action.NEW YORK, NY
Smucker'sSmucker’s began in 1897 when Jerome Monroe Smucker pressed cider at his mill and sold his first jar of apple butter from a horse-drawn wagon; today, the brand makes fruit spreads, peanut butters and ice cream toppings. Now part of The J.M. Smucker Co., the business remains under its fifth generation of Smucker family leadership after more than 125 years. Its distinctive range includes simple-ingredient natural and organic peanut butters alongside playful products such as Magic Shell, which hardens on ice cream into a candy-coated shell.ORRVILLE, OH
King Nut CompaniesWith Cleveland roots dating to 1927 and a 2003 merger that created today’s company, King Nut Companies makes and packages roasted nuts and snack foods in Solon, Ohio. Its 350-plus team members produce roughly 500 million packages a year across more than 300,000 square feet, supplying major airlines as well as retail, food-service and private-label customers worldwide. The company is SQF Level 2 certified and operates under Kanan Enterprises, with the Kanan family in executive leadership.SOLON, OH