Interesting Bamboo Charcoal Peanuts 竹炭花生

Got this bag of peanuts from my friend. She just came back form Taiwan. When I looked at the printing on the bag, it said  竹炭花生, which means Bamboo Charcoal Peanut. Wow! What an interesting ingredient to add to peanut!

To my knowledge, bamboo charcoal are used to purify water, eliminate organic impurities, smells and in some places as an a dehumidifier. This is the first time that I see this ingredient is used on food. 

The peanuts taste a little salty with a crunchy coating. Like the other ordinary peanuts.

Here is the Bamboo Charcoal Peanuts 

Bamboo Charcoal Peanuts out of bag.

You can see there peanut is coated by a coat of charcoal.