whole peanuts

[Mary Ann's Rabbitry]

does anyone knows the fat and protein levels of whole raw peanuts.. I am making my own supplements .. wanting to add peanuts in the mix.....
I am only going to be using pellets a little in my grain mix.. .. The rabbits are slowly getting transfer over with grains and greens veg... and hay of course

 

[akane]

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/4808 I hope that link works to go straight to the raw peanut info but otherwise you can run the search yourself. Useful site for all foods typically used for humans.

Peanuts are a higher than average risk for toxic mold that is not visible. A bunch of people got sick a few years back from some poorly stored peanuts. The shell is the worst though. If you use them without the shell the risk goes down some.

 

[Featherhoof]

Have you considered Black oil sunflower seeds?

 

[Mary Ann's Rabbitry]

thanks akane

yes they get boss

 

[MaggieJ]

I googled raw whole peanuts and found lots of information:
http://www.peanut-institute.org/peanut- ... akdown.asp
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tnam ... e&dbid=101

 

[dayna]

They have been responsible for the death of many parrots. I'd use caution.

 

[akane]

The wh food info has a section that is a little off. The section titled

Eating Nuts Lowers Risk of Weight Gain

and talks about all nuts is inaccurate because peanuts are not actually a nut. They are a legume like soy and other beans.