Savory Cannabinoid-Infused Nuts via Coating and Inversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing market for Cannabis products is dominated by sweet-flavored options, leaving a significant opportunity for savory Cannabis-infused products that can appeal to a wider audience, including health-conscious consumers.
Innovation Solution
The development of savory Cannabis-infused nuts and related foodstuffs by coating or infusing them with cannabinoids, such as Delta8/9 THC and CBD, using methods like solventless hash application, ensuring adherence and homogeneity of the cannabinoid distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If sweet-flavored Cannabis products are produced, then consumer acceptance in the recreational market is improved, but the product appeal to health-conscious consumers and wholesale markets deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional approach by applying savory flavors to Cannabis-infused products instead of the conventional sweet flavors. This inversion targets health-conscious consumers and wholesale markets that typically avoid sugary products, thereby expanding market appeal while maintaining consumer acceptance through familiar savory flavor profiles
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the flavor parameter from sweet to savory, fundamentally altering the product characteristics to appeal to different consumer segments. This parameter change enables the product to fit into health-conscious and wholesale markets while maintaining edibility and consumer acceptance
2Adaptability or versatility
If CBD oil is incorporated into nuts and foodstuffs, then alignment with health-conscious preferences is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges CBD oil incorporation with existing nut and foodstuff manufacturing processes. By combining the cannabinoid infusion step with conventional food processing, the patent achieves health-conscious market alignment while avoiding the need for entirely new manufacturing systems, thus limiting complexity increases
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses coating mechanisms as intermediaries to apply CBD oil to nuts and foodstuffs. This intermediary approach allows for controlled cannabinoid delivery while maintaining separation between the CBD processing and the food manufacturing systems, managing overall process complexity
3Stability of the object's composition
If coating mechanisms are used to apply cannabinoids to nuts, then cannabinoid distribution homogeneity is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the porous structure of nuts and foodstuffs to absorb and distribute cannabinoids uniformly. The porous matrix naturally facilitates homogeneous cannabinoid distribution throughout the product, reducing the need for highly precise coating applications and lowering manufacturing precision requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical state or form of cannabinoid application (e.g., using coatings, infusions, or incorporated forms) to leverage the absorbing properties of the food matrix. This parameter change transforms the distribution challenge into a passive absorption process, improving homogeneity while reducing active control precision needs
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach expands consumer choices, taps into the underserved savory market segment, and aligns with the preferences of health-conscious consumers, potentially disrupting both the Cannabis and wholesale markets by offering a unique value proposition.
Implementation Method 1
The nut surface is contacted with/by cannabinoids... whereby the cannabinoids are attached, infused into, coated upon
Implementation Method 2
the cannabinoids are attached, infused into, coated upon, adhesed, adhered, and otherwise attached to said nuts
Data Source
AI summary
Nuts and related foodstuffs are contacted with/by cannabinoids, including hemp derived Delta8/9 via several different mechanisms, whereby the cannabinoids are attached, infused, coated, adhesed, adhered, and otherwise attached to said nuts and related foodstuffs, for ingestion by humans.