FROZEN PLANT-BASED PORTIONED MILK CONCENTRATE AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF
An article and a method of making thereof. The article includes a frozen plant-based milk concentrate comprising water and at least 20 wt % ground paste, and a planar tray defining at least one compartment. Each compartment is sized to contain no more than four ounces of the frozen plant-based milk concentrate, and (ii) at least a portion of the frozen plant-based milk concentrate is disposed in and forms a wedge in the at least one compartment.
1 . An article comprising:
a frozen plant-based milk concentrate comprising water and at least 20 wt % ground paste; and
a planar tray defining at least one compartment,
wherein (i) each compartment is sized to contain no more than four ounces of the frozen plant-based milk concentrate, and (ii) at least a portion of the frozen plant-based milk concentrate is disposed in and forms a wedge in the at least one compartment.
2 . The article of claim 1 , wherein the ground paste comprises at least one of a nut butter, a grain paste, a seed paste, or a fruit paste.
3 . The article of claim 2 , wherein the nut butter comprises at least one of almond butter, cashew butter, hazel nut butter, or pistachio butter.
4 . The article of claim 2 , wherein the grain paste comprises oat.
5 . The article of claim 2 , wherein the seed paste comprises hemp.
6 . The article of claim 2 , wherein the fruit paste comprises at least one of banana or coconut.
7 . The article of claim 1 , wherein the milk concentrate further comprises a spice.
8 . The article of claim 7 , wherein the spice comprises at least one of vanilla powder or salt.
9 . The article of claim 1 , wherein the planar tray comprises a plurality of compartments.
10 . The article of claim 9 , wherein the planar tray comprises a maximum of twenty compartments.
11 . The article of claim 1 , wherein a perimeter of at least one compartment defines a trapezoid.
12 . The article of claim 11 , wherein a shortest edge of the trapezoid has a length selected from a range of 0.1 inches to 0.7 inches.
13 . The article of claim 11 , wherein a perimeter of each compartment defines a trapezoid.
14 . The article of claim 1 , wherein each compartment is sized to contain at least 0.1 ounces of the frozen milk concentrate.
15 . The article of claim 1 , wherein each compartment is sized to contain no more than three ounces of the plant-based milk concentrate.
16 . The article of claim 1 , wherein each compartment is sized to contain no more than two ounces of the plant-based milk concentrate.
17 . A method of making an article comprising a planar tray defining at least one compartment with a wedge of frozen plant-based milk concentrate disposed in the at least one compartment, the method comprising the steps of:
forming the plant-based milk concentrate by combining a ground paste and water, the plant-based milk concentrate comprising at least 20 wt % ground paste;
providing the planar tray comprising the at least one compartment;
disposing no more than four ounces of the plant-based milk concentrate in the at least one compartment; and
freezing the plant-based milk concentrate to form the wedge in the at least one compartment.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the ground paste comprises at least one of a nut butter, a grain paste, a seed paste, or a fruit paste.
19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein forming the plant-based milk concentrate further comprises at least one of homogenizing the ground paste and water or pasteurizing the ground paste and water.
20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein providing the planar tray comprises defining the at least one compartment by shaping a film with a die.
21 . The method of claim 17 , wherein a perimeter of the at least one compartment defines a trapezoid.
22 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising disposing a rollstock film over the wedge in the at least one compartment.
23 . The method of claim 17 , wherein at least 0.1 ounces of the plant-based milk concentrate is disposed in the at least one compartment.
24 . The method of claim 17 , wherein no more than three ounces of the plant-based milk concentrate is disposed in the at least one compartment.
25 . The method of claim 24 , wherein no more than two ounces of the plant-based milk concentrate is disposed in the at least one compartment.