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Abstract: Roasted peanuts are used as ingredients in food products with different water activities (aw). Medium roasted peanuts have an awof approximately 0.39 and any change in storage aw will change its flavor and/or texture. Previous research focused on sensory changes of peanuts due to storage temperature or aw, but not combined effects. This study was conducted to describe relations between descriptive and consumer evaluations of roasted peanuts stored in varying temperatures and aw. Roasted peanuts were evaluated in a 4×5 factorial study of storage temperatures (23, 30, 35, 40