Nut butter
Nut Butter
Nut butter is a type of spreadable foodstuff made by grinding nuts into a paste. The result has a high fat content and can be spread like true butter, but is otherwise unrelated. Nut butters include almond butter, cashew butter, hazelnut butter, macadamia nut butter, peanut butter, pecan butter, pistachio butter, and walnut butter. Some of these are more difficult to find than others, as they are not all equally popular, or equally easy to make.
Pronunciation
- /nʌt ˈbʌtər/
Etymology
The term "nut butter" comes from the English words "nut", which is derived from Old English "hnutu", and "butter", which comes from Old English "butere" from Latin "butyrum", which is the latinisation of the Greek "βούτυρον" (bouturon).
Related Terms
- Nut: A fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, which is generally edible.
- Butter: A dairy product containing up to 80% butterfat (in commercial products) which is solid when chilled and at room temperature in some regions, and liquid when warmed.
- Spread (food): An edible substance that is spread on bread or crackers.
- Paste (food): A food that has been ground, crushed or otherwise rendered into a state of high viscosity.
- Almond butter: A food paste made from almonds.
- Cashew butter: A food paste made from cashews.
- Hazelnut butter: A food paste made from hazelnuts.
- Macadamia nut butter: A food paste made from macadamia nuts.
- Peanut butter: A food paste made from peanuts.
- Pecan butter: A food paste made from pecans.
- Pistachio butter: A food paste made from pistachios.
- Walnut butter: A food paste made from walnuts.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Nut butter
- Wikipedia's article - Nut butter
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