Reduced calorie peanut butter product
AssigneeWinters Canning Co.
InventorsWallace H. Yokoyama, Mark S. Fraser, Lakho L. Khatri
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Abstract
A reduced calorie peanut butter product containing from about 15 to about 40% by weight of a solid bulking agent having from 0 to about 3 calories per gram, an oil-binding capacity from about 20 to about 45%, and a particle size less than about 50 microns. Preferred solid bulking agents are polydextrose and microcrystalline cellulose. The polydextrose is preferably neutralized by a compound containing calcium or magnesium. The microcrystalline cellulose preferably comprises aggregates having a particle size from about 5 to about 35 microns. Mixtures of the polydextrose and the microcrystalline cellulose may be used.
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A reduced calorie peanut butter product containing ground non-defatted peanuts and from about 15 to about 40 percent by weight of a solid bulking agent having from 0 to about 3 calories per gram, said bulking agent having an oil-binding capacity from about 20 to about 45 percent, and a particle size less than about 50 microns.
A reduced calorie peanut butter product containing ground non-defatted peanuts and a mixture of polydextrose and microcrystalline cellulose in a combined amount of up to about 40 percent by weight, said polydextrose and microcrystalline cellulose having a particle size from about 5 microns to about 35 microns and an oil-binding capacity from about 20 to about 45 percent.
A reduced calorie peanut butter product containing ground non-defatted peanuts and from about 15 to about 40 percent by weight polydextrose, said polydextrose having been neutralized by a compound containing calcium or magnesium, having a particle size from about 5 microns to about 35 microns, and having an oil-binding capacity from about 20 to about 45 percent.
A reduced calorie peanut butter product containing ground non-defatted peanuts and a solid bulking agent wherein the solid bulking agent comprises from about 7 to about 27 percent by weight polydextrose having a particle size from about 5 microns to about 35 microns and from about one percent to about 20 percent by weight microcrystalline cellulose having a particle size from about 5 microns to about 35 microns, said polydextrose having been neutralized by a compound containing calcium or magnesium, and said microcrystalline cellulose comprising aggregate particles having an oil-binding capacity from about 20 to about 45 percent.
A reduced calorie peanut butter product containing ground non-defatted peanuts and about 25 percent by weight polydextrose having a particle size from about 5 microns to about 35 microns and an oil-binding capacity from about 20 to about 45 percent, said polydextrose having been neutralized by a neutralizing agent selected from the group consisting of calcium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, calcium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate and magnesium oxide.
A reduced calorie peanut butter product containing ground non-defatted peanuts and about 40 percent by weight polydextrose having a particle size from about 5 microns to about 35 microns and an oil-binding capacity from about 20 to about 45 percent, said polydextrose having been neutralized by a neutralizing agent selected from the group consisting of calcium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, calcium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate and magnesium oxide.
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