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US 5,079,027 AGranted
Nut butter and nut solid milling process
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsVincent Y. Wong, Phillip F. Pflaumer
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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsVincent Y. Wong, Phillip F. Pflaumer
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Disclosed is a nut butter spread composition, having a Casson plastic viscosity value of less than 12 poise comprising from 25% to 55% peanut oil, or other fat component, and from about 40% to about 67% nut solid particles which have been processed to a particle size distribution in which at least 80% have a particle size less than 18 microns, and preferably between about 2 and about 11 microns. The surfaces of the protein and starch bodies of the nut solids are smooth due to a reduction of cytoplastic reticuli surrounding the protein bodies. The particle size distribution is monodispersed, i.e. a curve with a single peak. A process for preparing these particle size peanuts using a roll milling process which can be followed by a separate smearing step is also disclosed. A low fat peanut butter having from 25% to 40% peanut oil is the preferred nut butter.
A nut or oilseed butter composition having a Casson plastic viscosity of less than 12 poise, consisting essentially of:
A low fat peanut butter composition having a Casson plastic viscosity of less than 12 poise consisting essentially of:
A product according to claim 16 wherein the sweetener is selected from the group consisting of sucrose, dextrose, fructose, honey, molasses, high fructose corn syrup and mixtures thereof.
A whipped low fat peanut butter composition having a Casson plastic viscosity of less than 12 poise consisting essentially of:
A process for preparing nut solids comprising defatting (1) roasted and ground nut solids to a fat content of from about 5% to about 35%;
A process for preparing nut solids comprising milling roasted peanut paste having from 15% to 33% fat in a three dimensional ball mill for an amount of time effective to produce nut solids having at least 80% of particles less than 18 microns and a SPAN of less than 2.5 and passing said nut solids through an extruder to reduce the amount of cytoplastic reticuli attached thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.