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Process for adhesively bonding peanut halves
Assignee: Sara Lee DE NV
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Filing: 1979-07-02
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Granted: 1981-12-29
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Expires: 1999-07-02
Abstract
Abstract An improved process is provided for treating skinned peanuts with an edible powder. In the improved process, peanuts including those peanuts which have split into halves are rotated relative to each other while associated with a substantially dry edible powder until the flat faces of half peanuts have an edible powder adhering thereto and two half peanuts become bonded together face to face to form a whole peanut. A tumbler having a drum disposed to rotate about a substantially horizontal axis and having a roughened interior surface is preferably used for rotating the peanuts.
Inventors
- 👤 Eduard J. T. M. Huisman
- 👤 Rudy Vis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 19:35
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L25/00; A23L25/20; A23P; A23P20/00; A23P20/10; A23P20/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
A process for salvaging peanuts which have split into halves, which comprises rotating skinned peanuts containing peanuts split into halves in a drum having its axis substantially horizontal and having a roughened interior surface, adding a substantially dry edible powder selected from the group consisting of sugar, cocoa, silica powder, flour, unmodified starch, physically modified starch, chemically modified starch, milk protein and mixtures thereof to the peanuts and continuing the rotation with the dry edible powder without addition of water or an aqueous solution thereto until half-peanuts are bonded together face to face simulating whole peanuts.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
A process for salvaging peanuts which have split into halves, which comprises rotating skinned peanuts containing peanuts split into halves in a drum having its axis substantially horizontal and having a roughened interior surface, adding a substantially dry edible powder selected from the group consisting of sugar, cocoa, silica powder, flour, unmodified starch, physically modified starch, chemically modified starch, milk protein and mixtures thereof to the peanuts and continuing the rotation with the dry edible powder without addition of water or an aqueous solution thereto until half-peanuts are bonded together face to face simulating whole peanuts.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process for coating peanuts, wherein the peanuts to be coated were obtained according to the process of claim 1 and the coated product is deep fried.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for adhesively bonding skinned peanut halves together which comprises tumbling in a rotating drum having an irregular surface said peanut halves with a substantially dry edible powder selected from the group consisting of sugar, cocoa, silica powder, flour, unmodified starch, physically modified starch, chemically modified starch, milk protein and mixtures thereof under substantially anhydrous conditions until the edible powder mixes with fat and protein of the peanuts to form an adhesive which bonds pairs of the half peanuts together flat face to flat face to form products which appear to be whole peanuts.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for adhesively bonding skinned peanut halves together which comprises tumbling in a rotating drum having an irregular surface said peanut halves with a substantially dry edible powder selected from the group consisting of sugar, cocoa, silica powder, flour, unmodified starch, physically modified starch, chemically modified starch, milk protein and mixtures thereof under substantially anhydrous conditions until the edible powder mixes with fat and protein of the peanuts to form an adhesive which bonds pairs of the half peanuts together flat face to flat face to form products which appear to be whole peanuts.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 3 wherein said tumbling is continued until the resulting peanuts become coated with the said edible powder, protein and fat mixture.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the treatment is carried out in a rotating drum having an interior surface which is entirely or partially provided with a rough surface.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the inside of the rotating drum is entirely or partially coated with silicon carbide particles.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the rotating drum is positioned whereby the axis of rotation is horizontal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the rotating drum is positioned whereby the axis of rotation is horizontal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 3, 6 or 7 wherein the edible powder is gradually added during the treatment.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the edible powder is added gradually during the treatment.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the edible powder contains one or more flavor or aroma imparting agents.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the edible powder contains a flavor imparting agent.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the edible powder contains an aroma imparting agent.
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