Process for producing a caramelized nut product

US5013575A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Jacobs Suchard AG · CH

Inventors

• Edwin Stadler · Livermore, US
• Wolfgang Hergesell · Iphofen, DE
• Ernst Pidner · Anthering, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 1989
• Grant date: May 7, 1991
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23G3/32
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for producing a product made of a mixture of sugar and an ingredient including nuts in a heated screw extruder includes the steps of feeding the sugar into the screw extruder at a first intake zone, caramelizing the sugar by conveying the sugar through several caramelization zones which are heated, feeding the nuts to the screw extruder through a second intake zone, and mixing the caramelized sugar with the nuts by conveying the caramelized sugar and the nuts through one or more mixing zones. During the mixing steps, the nuts can be roasted. Also, the temperature in the mixing zones and the caramelization zones may be such that the temperature decreases from one zone to the next in the direction of conveyance of the mixture.