Confectionery giant Mars announced its pledge to use only high-oleic peanuts in its Peanut M&M’s and Munch Bar products by the end of 2017. The pledge, which was announced last summer to the peanut ...

Sachin Rustgi, a molecular breeder at the Clemson University Pee Dee Research and Education Center near Florence, is leading a study funded by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) ...

Two new kinds of peanuts that can help keep hearts in good shape offer new food for thought for the health-conscious. The peanuts are high in oleic acid, a type of unsaturated fat that raises levels ...

A scientist working for the Queensland Department of Primary Industries Agency for Food and Fibre Sciences has developed a new strain of peanut through cross-pollination, a creation that many believe ...

Peanuts are big business in the United States: Around 91 percent of homes in the country stock peanut butter. So it makes sense that scientists are looking into how to make this lunchtime powerhouse ...

Not only do peanuts contain the so-called “good” kind of fat, but University of Florida researchers have found they also are high in a wide variety of helpful antioxidants, rivaling the fruits often ...