摘要 |
A reduced fat and reduced calorie nut butter composition, particularly a peanut butter, having the texture and organoleptic characteristics of full fat nut butters. The nut butter has up to about 60% reduced fat by weight and up to about 34% reduced calories by weight. The composition is produced with full fat nuts and roasted, partially defatted nuts and/or roasted, partially defatted nut flour, a low or no calorie triacylglycerol oil and a low or no calorie bulking agent. The composition also has a nut solids non fat level from about 20-34% and a ratio of total non fat solids to total oil of from about 2.0:1 to about 2.7:1.
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