Patent ID: 6982101

Claim:
A method for making a sweetened nut butter spread comprising: grinding nuts and/or oil seeds in the presence of an edible oil to form a nut paste containing ground nuts and/or oil seeds and edible oil; adding to the nut paste a sweetening composition comprising at least one sugar to form a sweetened nut paste; comminuting the sweetened nut paste to form a ground sweetened nut paste; and adding at least one liquid flavoring agent to the ground sweetened nut paste to form a sweetened nut butter spread, the at least one liquid flavoring agent being added after the steps of grinding nuts and/or oil seeds, adding the sweetening composition, and comminuting the sweetened nut paste, wherein a total amount of the liquid flavoring agent ranges from about 3 wt. % to about 30 wt. % based on the total weight of the sweetened nut butter spread.