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.
Claims32
A pre-packaged peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts, comprising:
- a peanut butter base in an amount of between 80% to about 90% by weight of the total weight of the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts, the peanut butter base including
- a peanut paste in an amount of between about 86% to about 89% by weight of the peanut butter base;
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- an ingredient selected from the group consisting of sugar, shortening, salt, vegetable oil, and combinations thereof;
- a plurality of centrifugally-sliced peanuts blended with the peanut butter base, the plurality of centrifugally-sliced peanuts included in an amount of about 10% to about 20% by weight of the total weight of the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts, the plurality of centrifugally-sliced peanuts having a size distribution wherein about 20% of the centrifugally-sliced peanuts remain on 10 Mill Grade Mesh, about 60% of the centrifugally-sliced peanuts remain on 22 Tensile Bolt Cloth Mesh, and about 20% of the centrifugally-sliced peanuts fall through the 22 Tensile Bolt Cloth Mesh;
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- a sealed container containing the plurality of centrifugally-sliced peanuts blended with the peanut butter base.
A peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts, comprising:
- a peanut butter base in an amount of between 75% to about 95% by weight of the total weight of the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts, 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;
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- an ingredient selected from the group consisting of a sweetening agent, shortening, salt, vegetable oil, and combinations thereof;
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- a plurality of sliced peanuts, the plurality of sliced peanuts included in an amount of about 5% to about 25% by weight of the total weight of the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts, the plurality of 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;
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- a sealed container containing the plurality of sliced peanuts and the peanut butter base.
The peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts of claim 28, wherein the combination of split peanuts and jumbo peanuts includes a weight ratio of split peanuts to jumbo peanuts from about 80 to about 20 split peanuts to about 20 to about 80 jumbo peanuts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.