People with nut allergies can now have an almost identical product to peanut butter after an institute created a similar spread using mung beans.
It was a moment of ‘eureka’ for the team of researchers at The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre when the mung bean flour-and-water paste began to have a flavour and aroma similar to roasted peanuts.
The spread – which is already proving to be popular internationally after being launched this year- is expected to be introduced across organisations and companies unable to serve nuts over allergy fears.