US 12,290,089 B2
Nut butter composition
Alexandra Martinez, St. Louis Park, MN (US); Emily Ryks, Maple Grove, MN (US); Chris Gordon, Victoria, MN (US); and Cynthia Marcela Machado, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Appl. No. 16/624,717
Filed by General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 21, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/038445
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 19, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/236365, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0120964 A1, Apr. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. A23L 25/10 (2016.01); A23D 7/005 (2006.01); A23D 9/007 (2006.01); A23L 25/00 (2016.01); A23L 29/10 (2016.01); A23L 29/212 (2016.01); A23P 20/20 (2016.01)
CPC A23L 25/10 (2016.08) [A23D 7/005 (2013.01); A23D 9/007 (2013.01); A23L 25/30 (2016.08); A23L 29/10 (2016.08); A23L 29/212 (2016.08); A23P 20/20 (2016.08)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A composition having a putty-like texture, the composition comprising:
a nut butter in an amount of from about 25% to about 70% by weight of the composition,
a fat system in an amount of from about 5% to about 20% by weight of the composition,
a sugar in an amount of from about 15% to about 30% by weight of the composition, and
a firming agent in an amount of from about 10% to about 55% by weight of the composition,
wherein the composition has a firmness of from 1.68 to 2.47 kg, as measured by a partial-penetration texture analysis test, and a stickiness of from −0.48 to −0.35 kg, as measured by the partial-penetration texture analysis test.