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THE NOPE LIST: INGREDIENTS YOU WILL NEVER FIND IN OUR FOODS

  When it comes to packaged food in America, you'd be surprised by just how many fillers and toxic ingredients find their...
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Mila having fun at Carolina Tiger Rescue with a giant cardboard "jar" of Thailand-inspired Lum Lum Thai Curry nut butter.

BIG SPOON ROASTERS PARTNERS WITH CAROLINA TIGER RESCUE FOR WORLD TIGER DAY

Saving and protecting wild cats in captivity and in the wild through rescue and education. We work toward a day when wild...
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13oz glass jar of Durham Summer Peanut Butter in front of a textured teal background and black text that reads A Special Collaboration With Merge Records

SUMMER 2024 R&D BATCH: DURHAM SUMMER PEANUT BUTTER

  A little bit roasty, charmingly salty, and sweet as can be. That’s how we think about summers in Durham, NC, the town...
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A 13oz jar of Bananas Foster Peanut & Cashew Butter surrounded by peanuts, cashews, bananas, cinnamon, vanilla bean, rum, coconut sugar, and sea salt

LIMITED BATCH BANANAS FOSTER PEANUT & CASHEW BUTTER

  Inspired by the legendary New Orleans dessert with the same name, our Limited Batch Bananas Foster Peanut & Cashew Butter is...
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Black Forest cake almond and cashew butter surrounded by alomnds, cashews, chocolate, and cherries

SPRING 2024 R&D BATCH: BLACK FOREST CAKE ALMOND & CASHEW BUTTER

Our spring 2024 R&D batch is Black Forest Cake Almond & Cashew Butter. Inspired by the classic Black Forest Cake, or Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte in...
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Close-up shot showing the texture of Vanilla Caramel nut butter.

Inspired to Innovate

  Each day provides its own gifts  -Marcus Aurelius Archaeology tells us that humans have been eating nuts for at least 780,000 years. In...
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lum lum noodle dish in a bowl with noodles, lime, peas and tomatoes surrounding it

Choose Your Own “Lum Lum” Adventure (with Recipes)

“Lum Lum” is slang for “delicious” in Northern Thailand. On April 29 of this year, a nut butter from our R&D Batch series...
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Prize-Winning Sweet Heat Vegan Chili

Photo Credit: Tom Simon (above), Big Spoon Roasters (below) When Orange County Living Wage announced plans for an inaugural chili cookoff fundraiser...
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A tall man in a hat (Mark) stands with a shorter woman (a fellow GFA winner) in front of a crowd of people

GOOD FOOD (AWARDS)

Pictured: Mark (the author) with fellow 2024 Good Food Award Winner Christina Teav of Mama Teav’s. 2024 Good Food Awards  This past...
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13oz glass jar of Lum Lum Thai Curry nut butter on golden fabric surrounded by chilis, lemongrass, coconut, peanuts, cashews, and shallots.

2024 Good Food Award Winner: Lum Lum Thai Curry Peanut & Cashew Butter

Wow! We’re honored and grateful to share that our Lum Lum Thai Curry Peanut & Cashew Butter WON a 2024 Good Food...
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13oz Hummingbird Cake nut butter surrounded by pineapple, white chocolate chips, fresh flowers, almonds, pecans, cinnamon and all spice

INTRODUCING: HUMMINGBIRD CAKE ALMOND & PECAN BUTTER

“A party without cake is just a meeting." -Julia Child Introducing our Spring 2024 Limited Batch, Hummingbird Cake Almond & Pecan Butter!  ...
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Cowgirl Peanut Butter Cookies on a white plate with a white cloth napkin next to it on a light wooden surface

Flourless Cowgirl Cookie Peanut Butter Cookies

  Ever heard of Cowgirl Cookies? Think of them as the spirited sister to the classic cowboy cookies, but with a Big...
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