Wholesale Groundnut (Peanut) Suppliers
Groundnuts (peanuts) are the world's most widely consumed tree legume, with wholesale trade in raw groundnuts, peanut oil, and peanut paste exceeding $26.9 billion annually. China, India, the USA, Argentina, and Senegal are the major exporters. The single most critical compliance dimension for groundnut buyers is aflatoxin contamination — EU limits are among the strictest globally and have caused significant numbers of border rejections. Towobo connects buyers with verified wholesale groundnut exporters offering full aflatoxin analysis and allergen documentation.
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Wholesale groundnut/peanut trade operates across four major market-types and several processing grades. Virginia peanuts (also called Jumbo or ballpark peanuts) have the largest kernel size, typically ≥70/75 seeds per pound (SPO — seeds per ounce counts are used in the US; seed count per ounce of 1.5–2.0 for large Virginias). They are the premium in-shell and out-of-shell snack peanut — used for roasted whole-kernel snacks, gourmet peanut butter, and cocktail peanuts. Runner peanuts are the dominant US commercial variety — uniform medium kernel size (4–5 seeds per pod), consistent oil content (48–50%), ideal for commercial peanut butter and confectionery. Runner accounts for approximately 75% of US peanut production. Spanish peanuts are smaller-kernelled, higher in oil, and used for peanut oil extraction, peanut candy, and snack mixes. Valencia peanuts (typically 3 seeds per pod) are sweet-flavoured, used for in-shell roasted, boiled peanuts, and natural peanut butter. Commercial grades include: In-shell (unshelled), Shelled whole kernel, Hand-Picked Selected (HPS — manually sorted, highest quality for confectionery direct human consumption), Machine Cleaned (MC — mechanical cleaning, competitively priced for crushing and food processing), Splits (broken kernels), and Bold (larger kernel size specification within shelled trade).