If peanuts can be chopped up finely and still be dry, how come grinding them makes them pasty?

Question

If peanuts can be chopped up finely and still be dry, how come grinding them makes them pasty?

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Answer 1

They can’t. Peanut powder has had the oil removed and therefore, most of the nutritional value removed as well. Peanut powder is just the fibrous remains of ground up peanuts, not simply ground up peanuts. As others mentioned, even ground peanuts contain oil within their bits. This oil mixes with the fibrous bits to create the paste but still needs repeat mixings to keep the oil from separating from the fiber.