AUSTIN, Minn. – Three varieties of Skippy peanut butter have been recalled in 18 states including Minnesota and Wisconsin. A small stainless steel fragment from manufacturing equipment may be inside jars packed in 9,300 cases. All tolled, the jars contain 80 tons of peanut butter. They were manufactured in Little Rock, Arkansas, in a plant that Austin-based Hormel Foods acquired from Britain-based Unilever in 2013.
Skippy profile
In 1932 Joseph Rosenfield of Alameda, California, introduced a homogenized peanut butter whose oils and solids wouldn’t separate. He took the name Skippy from a popular comic strip and a 1931 movie. The brand has changed hands numerous time, most recently becoming part of Minnesota-based Hormel. It is the second bestselling brand of peanut butter worldwide after Smucker’s Jif. In China, where Hormel has a separate Skippy factory, it is the leading brand.
Recalled products:
> Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter, 40 ounces.
> Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter – Club, 40 ounces.
> Skippy Reduced Fat Chunky Peanut Butter, 3 ounces.
> Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter Blended With Plant Protein, 14 ounces.