Nut butter and nut solid milling process
Patent 5079027 Issued on January 7, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 8, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
January 8, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 1395934 1921275 2511115 2976154 3115412 3317325 3619207 Sweetened storage stable peanut butter spread and method of manufacture Peanut butter manufacture Neutral flavored high stability peanut paste chocolate mix InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 456360 filed on 01/08/1990US Classes:426/633, In butter form426/518, With cutting, or mechanically subdividing solid material, e.g., slicing, comminuting, slitting, etc.426/632Nut, including peanutExaminersPrimary: Czaja, Donald E.Assistant: Pratt, Helen Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA23L 001/38AbstractDisclosed 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. | |
