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US 2016/0353780 A1Published application
Nut butter spread with sliced nuts and process for making the same
AssigneeConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
InventorsAshlee Schlange, Cara Tabor, Rodney Green, Travis Campbell
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Abstract
A nut butter spread is described to include nut portions blended in a nut butter base. The nut portions are derived from nuts having been finished (e.g., prior to introduction to the nut butter base) via a slicing operation.
Claims18
A method for producing a packaged peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts, comprising:
- forming a peanut butter base, the peanut butter base including
- a peanut paste in an amount of between about 80% to about 94% by weight of the peanut butter base;
- and
- an ingredient selected from the group consisting of sugar, shortening, salt, vegetable oil, and combinations thereof;
- centrifugally slicing a plurality of peanuts in a slicer to produce sliced peanuts, the sliced peanuts having a size distribution wherein about 20% of the sliced peanuts remain on 10 Mill Grade Mesh, about 60% of the sliced peanuts remain on 22 Tensile Bolt Cloth Mesh, and about 20% of the sliced peanuts fall through the 22 Tensile Bolt Cloth Mesh;
- combining the sliced peanuts and the peanut butter base;
- blending the sliced peanuts and the peanut butter base to form a peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts;
- and
- packaging the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts in containers at a fill rate of about 90 pounds per hour (lb/hr) to about 150 pounds per hour (lb/hr).
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A method for producing a packaged peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts, comprising:
- forming a peanut butter base, the peanut butter base including
- a peanut paste in an amount of between about 80% to about 94% by weight of the peanut butter base;
- and
- an ingredient selected from the group consisting of sugar, shortening, salt, vegetable oil, and combinations thereof;
- centrifugally slicing a plurality of peanuts in a slicer to produce sliced peanuts, the sliced peanuts having a size distribution wherein about 20% of the sliced peanuts remain on 10 Mill Grade Mesh, about 60% of the sliced peanuts remain on 22 Tensile Bolt Cloth Mesh, and about 20% of the sliced peanuts fall through the 22 Tensile Bolt Cloth Mesh;
- combining the sliced peanuts and the peanut butter base;
- blending the sliced peanuts and the peanut butter base to form a peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts;
- and
- packaging the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts in containers at a fill rate of about 90 pounds per hour (lb/hr) to about 150 pounds per hour (lb/hr).
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