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The Baltimore Ravens have had a sensational season, going 13-4 and having home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Many credit their strong offense with likely MVP Lamar Jackson leading the way, or their league-best defense with Roquan Smith as arguably the league’s best linebacker.
They’re a well-coached team, too, and it would be easy to credit Head Coach John Harbaugh with their success. But, none of those things may be the reason for their success.
It may in fact be Smuckers Uncrustables© that are fueling the team, as they are eating a remarkable amount of the prepackaged peanut butter and jelly sandwiches every day.
Here’s The Baltimore Banner with more.
The small, prepackaged peanut butter and jelly sandwiches without crust — often seen in lunchboxes throughout the country — fly off the shelves at the Ravens’ practice facility.
These sandwiches, with the familiar purple packaging, are the perfect preworkout snack, providing protein and carbohydrates through easily digestible ingredients. With anywhere from 30-60 packs disappearing a day and 7,500 eaten per season, they’re a favorite on the Ravens’ snack wall.
“I’m surprised at how many people eat at least one PB&J a day, and they don’t get tired of them,” Sarah Snyder, the Ravens’ director of sports nutrition, said. “I know the texture is a big part of it, the texture, flavor, taste, all those things contribute to them coming back to them.”
Pretty much everyone I knew loved Uncrustables as a kid, and they seem to be a ubiquitous experience for 90s and early 2000s babies.
Apparently, they’re ubiquitous to the Baltimore Ravens, as they’re eating hundreds of them a week. If the Ravens win the Super Bowl, Smuckers has to do an advertisement with some of the team’s star players.
Baltimore plays the Houston Texans on Saturday in the AFC Divisional Round.