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1. A method for producing a packaged peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts, comprising:
forming a peanut butter base, the peanut butter base including
a peanut paste in an amount of between about 80% to about 94% by weight of the peanut butter base; andan ingredient selected from the group consisting of sugar, shortening, salt, vegetable oil, and combinations thereof; centrifugally slicing a plurality of peanuts in a slicer to produce sliced peanuts, the sliced peanuts having a size distribution wherein about 20% of the sliced peanuts remain on 10 Mill Grade Mesh, about 60% of the sliced peanuts remain on 22 Tensile Bolt Cloth Mesh, and about 20% of the sliced peanuts fall through the 22 Tensile Bolt Cloth Mesh; combining the sliced peanuts and the peanut butter base; blending the sliced peanuts and the peanut butter base to form a peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts; and packaging the peanut butter spread with sliced peanuts in containers at a fill rate of about 90 pounds per hour (lb/hr) to about 150 pounds per hour (lb/hr). |
