Nut butter spread with sliced nuts and process for making the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016353780-A1
Application number	US-201615063647-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 8, 2016
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

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.

First claim

1 . 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).

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the peanut butter base includes sugar in an amount of between about 3% to about 25% by weight of the peanut butter base.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the peanut butter base includes shortening in an amount of between about 0.5% to about 2.5% by weight of the peanut butter base.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the peanut butter base includes salt in an amount of between about 0.5% to about 2.5% by weight of the peanut butter base.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the peanut butter base includes vegetable oil in an amount of between about 0.5% to about 10% by weight of the peanut butter base.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
prior to centrifugally slicing the plurality of peanuts, crushing the plurality of peanuts to form crushed peanuts; and introducing the crushed peanuts to the slicer to centrifugally slice the crushed peanuts.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sliced peanuts comprise about 5% to about 25% by weight of the total weight of the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sliced peanuts comprise about 10% to about 20% by weight of the total weight of the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sliced peanuts comprise about 15% by weight of the total weight of the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts.

10 . 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).

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the peanut butter base includes sugar in an amount of between about 3% to about 25% by weight of the peanut butter base.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the peanut butter base includes shortening in an amount of between about 0.5% to about 2.5% by weight of the peanut butter base.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the peanut butter base includes salt in an amount of between about 0.5% to about 2.5% by weight of the peanut butter base.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the peanut butter base includes vegetable oil in an amount of between about 0.5% to about 10% by weight of the peanut butter base.

15 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
prior to centrifugally slicing the plurality of peanuts, crushing the plurality of peanuts to form crushed peanuts; and introducing the crushed peanuts to the slicer to centrifugally slice the crushed peanuts.

16 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the sliced peanuts comprise about 5% to about 25% by weight of the total weight of the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts.

17 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the sliced peanuts comprise about 10% to about 20% by weight of the total weight of the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts.

18 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the sliced peanuts comprise about 15% by weight of the total weight of the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts.

Assignees

• Conagra Foods Rdm Inc

Inventors

• Schlange Ashlee
• Tabor Cara
• Green Rodney
• Campbell Travis

Classifications

• A23D7/04

  Working-up · CPC title

• B65D85/72 Primary

  for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials · CPC title

• A23L1/38 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A23V2002/00

  Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs · CPC title

• A23D7/0056 Primary

  Spread compositions · CPC title