Legume
Runner
S tier
Runner peanuts are the workhorse of US peanut butter—uniform medium kernels, high yields, and consistent roast flavour that mills love. Pods typically hold two seeds. Taste is the familiar American peanut-butter baseline: sweet, earthy, roasted. If you grew up on supermarket PB, you have eaten mostly runners. Excellent for uniform roasting lines. Less about giant in-shell spectacle, all about processing efficiency and flavour stability.
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History
Runner types expanded in the southern US peanut belt.
Florunner-era genetics locked runners into butter industry dominance.
Runner acreage overshadowed other market types for processing.
Modern runner cultivars continued to supply most US peanut butter.