Peanut bread is made from ground peanuts. Peanut bread is rich in proteins and low in starch. Peanuts are sometimes sold fresh as boiled peanuts. Instead of drying the peanuts after picking, farmers wash the peanuts and boil them in salt water. Peanut seeds consist of almost 50 percent oil.
Peanut oil is used to fry foods.
It smokes only at high temperatures and does not absorb odors easily. Many salad oils and dressings, margarine, and other vegetable shortenings also contain peanut oil. Low grades of peanut oil are used as an ingredient in soaps, face powders, shaving creams, shampoos, and paints. They are also used in making nitroglycerin, an explosive. Peanut oil has also been tested as an alternative fuel source.