Qingdao Jixing Food Co., Ltd.

As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the smell of steaming zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) fills kitchens across China. While the annual sweet‑vs‑savory debate rages on, a new contender has quietly joined the table: peanut butter. Far from being a novelty, this combination has been winning over food lovers who are always on the lookout for exciting new flavors. For our B2B clients, it's also a great opportunity to showcase the versatility of peanut butter in creative culinary applications.

This week, we loaded and shipped another full container of salted roasted peanuts to our overseas customer. But this shipment came with an extra challenge – and an extra win.

If you’ve ever opened a jar of peanut butter and seen a layer of oil floating on top, you may have asked yourself: “Is this product still good? Did something go wrong?” This is one of the most common questions we hear from B2B buyers, retailers, and even end consumers. The short answer is: For 100% pure peanut butter made without any added stabilizers, oil separation is completely normal – and actually a sign of cleaner, more natural ingredients.

Last year, we quietly added two new products to our portfolio: sea salt roasted sunflower seeds and original flavor roasted pumpkin seeds. We didn't make a big announcement at the time. We focused on production and let the samples speak for themselves.

A cross-border handshake. A heavy trust. On May 6, 2026, a delegation from Kazakhstan visited Qingdao Jixing Food Co., Ltd. for a factory tour and business洽谈. Accompanied by our foreign trade team, the client toured our production workshop, R&D lab, finished product display cabinet, and quality control center. At the display cabinet, the client carefully inspected our main products including creamy peanut butter, smooth peanut butter, salted roasted peanuts, and spicy roasted peanuts. They particularly appreciated our strict labeling of "Sample – Not for Sale", noting that this reflects the factory's serious attitude toward quality management and brand protection. After in-depth technical exchanges and sample testing, the client confirmed trial orders for peanut butter and roasted peanuts, and indicated plans to gradually increase purchase volumes. More excitingly, they showed strong interest in our roasted sunflower seeds production line scheduled to launch next year, inquiring in detail about capacity, flavor customization, and packaging options, and expressed preliminary cooperation intentions.

Every test report is a promise we make to our customers. This week, the Creamy Peanut Butter and Honey Peanut Butter produced for our Estonian customer completed a critical step before shipment: aflatoxin testing. The test reports (Certificate No.: ZQL10456/001, ZQL10456/002) were issued on April 23, 2026, with highly reassuring results: all four aflatoxin indicators (B1, B2, G1, G2) were “Not Detected (N.D.)”. This means the products fully comply with the stringent requirements of EU Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 and the sampling and analysis regulation (EU) 2023/2782, allowing smooth entry into the Estonian and broader European market.