Patent ID: 6136366
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
A method for producing a nut butter or nut spread composition which comprises:a) mixing together a nut ingredient and a stabilizing agent to make a mixture;b) introducing the mixture into a mill comprising a stationary stator having Protruding corrugations and recess corrugations and a circularly rotating rotor having protruding vanes and recess vanes wherein said stator and said rotor are radially aligned within said mill forming a grinding baffle defined by the space between said protruding vanes and said protruding corrugations and said mixture moves radially within said grinding baffle, said rotor capable of grinding the mixture while producing centrifugal forces; andc) grinding the mixture in one pass through the mill such that said centrifugal forces cause the particles of the mixture impact one another and the rotor and stator, thereby forming a ground paste.