American Peanut Ingredients (API), LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Peanut Growers Group (APGG), LLC. APGG was founded in 2003 and is 100% grower-owned, producing approximately 200K tons of peanuts each year. APGG's current operations include peanut buying points, warehouses, a shelling plant, a blanching plant, and a cold storage facility. In 2021, APGG founded API with construction of a 135K square foot facility adjacent to the current facilities in Donalsonville, GA. API will increase APGG's shelling capacity as well as add further vertical integration by manufacturing Ready-To-Eat peanut ingredients. These ingredients will include dry roasted split peanuts, dry roasted peanut granules, and dry roasted peanut paste/butter/variegate to be packaged in various bulk containers.