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
Once AgainFounded in 1976 as a worker cooperative, Once Again makes nut and seed butters and better-for-you snacks. Based in Nunda, New York, the company became 100% employee-owned in 2006 and says it produced the first organic peanut butter in the United States. It maintains a dedicated peanut facility and has held Oregon Tilth organic certification since 2001.NUNDA, NY
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