UP startup dedicates 2 butter varieties to US ex-Prez Carter

Thousands of miles away from his home in Georgia where he breathed his last, former US president Jimmy Carter will live on — in the form of two new varieties of peanut butter dedicated to the “champion of peanut farming” from Unnao-based startup Nutty Village.

Carter, who was elected in the wake of the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday at the age of 100.

Nutty Village has decided to honour Carter for his “commitment to agriculture”, Aman Kumar, who started the company in 2020, said.

“As a tribute to the former president of the US, considered a champion of peanut farming and rural development, we will be dedicating our upcoming range of coffee-flavoured peanut butter and barbeque-flavoured peanut butter in his honour,” the 29-year-old entrepreneur said.

The two new flavours — coffee and barbeque — are being added to the existing dark chocolate, jaggery and unsweetened varieties. Carter was the third American president to visit India.