The company focuses its resources on supplying ingredients and services to the peanut industry. We are committed to investing in the people and technology required to provide high quality peanut products and services to our customers. This commitment is your guarantee. We are confident that our program of continuous upgrades in technology, equipment and people will result in reduced consumer complaints and ultimately increased sales for our customers. History Universal Blanchers was founded in 1978 with the opening of the first peanut processing plant in Blakely, Georgia. A second facility servicing the Southwest US market was opened in Dublin, Texas in 1990. In October 1999 the company was purchased by the current owners, Universal Blanchers LLC. Since that time, the business has grown to include five peanut processing plants with key facilities in every major US peanut growing region. These facilities include a low cost peanut dry roasting facility in Dublin, Texas, a state of the art raw peanut cleaning operation in Blakely, Georgia, and a full roasting and peanut butter ingredient plant in Edenton, North Carolina.