Patent ID: 7572476

Claim:
A process for producing simulated nuts, consisting essentially of (a) providing a premix by mixing about 50 to about 70 percent soy nut particles having a particle size between about 177 to about 2000 microns, about 5 to about 15 percent nut flavoring, and about 20 to about 40 percent binder comprising at least about 90 percent saccharide, wherein the binder is in a wet flowable form and includes less than about 1 percent water, wherein the nut flavoring comprises comminuted natural nut meat, and wherein the soy nut particles and nut flavoring are coated with the binder; (b) compacting the premix into discrete, simulated nut shapes; and (c) cooling the simulated nut shapes to be self-supporting and essentially free of air pockets.