MaraNatha riffs on craft coffee craze & opens new growth area for nut butter with dark & light roast

By Elizabeth Crawford

10-Sep-2018 Last updated on 10-Sep-2018 at 14:47 GMT

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Almond and peanut butter brand MaraNatha is taking a page from the wildly successful craft coffee’s playbook with the introduction of Light Roast and Dark Roast Creamy Almond Butters and in doing so is opening a new area for growth for the increasingly competitive nut butter category.

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