Technical Information - Wheat Germ Nuts

Wheat Germ Nuts are food products with the texture, flavor, color and appearance of nuts. They are made from high quality food ingredients and contain no preservatives. Wheat Germ Nuts have a crunchy nut-like texture, a pleasant nut-like flavor and a light tan interior with contrasting dark brown exterior. They are available in various nut flavors, sizes and shapes. Wheat Germ Nuts are favorably priced compared to natural nuts and have a 12-month shelf life without refrigerated storage.

Product Applications
Wheat Germ can be used to extend or as a total replacement for more expensive natural nutmeats.

• Bakery Products - As a crunchy nut-like ingredient in cookies, brownies, bars, fruit cakes, nut pies, bagels; in pan smears for honey buns, sticky buns and caramel rolls; in fillings and toppings; in danish and sweet dough products; as a garnish or decorative topping for icings and donuts.
• Snack Products and Other Processed foods- Alone or as a delicious ingredient in snack blends and trail mixes; as an ingredient in cereals and in breakfast or snack meal bars; as a salad topping or in salad topping mixes.
• Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt and Frozen Desert Products - In category II and III nut and fruit/nut flavored ice creams; in ice milks or mellorines; as a crunchy topping for ice creams, frozen yogurt and frozen mixes; as a coating or topping frozen bars, drumsticks or other frozen novelties.
• Confectionary Products - As a crunchy topping for nut logs, fudges, pralines and assorted chocolates. Also, as an internal ingredient in lower moisture candies such as barks, clusters, chocolate bars, nut logs, nut/caramel rolls, meltaways, hard candies, popcorn/caramel blends, taffies and toffees.

Anacon Foods Co., 3055 Old Highway 8, Suite 107, Minneapolis, MN 55418-2500. Tel: 612-782-9373; Fax: 612-782-9502.