Monomodal nut butter and spreads with excellent flowability, texture and taste

摘要

A novel nut paste having a particular monomodal particle size distribution and to monomodal full-fat nut butters and monomodal reduced fat nut spreads which contain the novel nut paste and which, as a result, have superior fluidity, texture and flavor which comprises from about 50% to 100% of a nut paste. The Casson plastic viscosity of the nut paste is less than about 15 poise and the fat content of the nut paste is at least about 45%, and it has a fat content ranging from about 25% to about 80%. The final nut butters and nut spread products of the present invention have a Casson plastic viscosity of less than about 17 poise and a yield value below about 300 dynes per square centimeter. The water insoluble solids have a monomodal particle size distribution such that at least about 90% of the water insoluble solids comprising the nut butter or spread have a particle size of less than about 21.6 microns, at least about 85% of the water insoluble solids comprising the nut butter or spread have a particle size of less than about 16.7 microns, at least about 75% of the water insoluble solids comprising the nut butter or spread have a particle size of less than about 13.0 microns, at least about 60% of the water insoluble solids comprising the nut butter or spread have a particle size of less than about 10.1 microns, at least about 45% of the water insoluble solids comprising the nut butter or spread have a particle size of less than about 7.9 microns and at least about 30% of the water insoluble solids comprising the nut butter or spread have a particle size of less than about 6.2 microns. The particles size distribution curve of the water insoluble solids comprising the nut butter or spread is centered at from about 7 microns to about 9 microns.