Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cereal-based product with improved eating quality fortified with dietary fiber and/or calcium
- Patent Title (中): 膳食纤维和/或钙强化食品质量改善的谷物制品
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Application No.: US13418980Application Date: 2012-03-13
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Publication No.: US09560877B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Bernhard H. van Lengerich , Nathan W. Lukecart , Friedrich P. Meuser , Dieter Oberdoerfer , Wolfgang Bindzus
- Applicant: Bernhard H. van Lengerich , Nathan W. Lukecart , Friedrich P. Meuser , Dieter Oberdoerfer , Wolfgang Bindzus
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
- Current Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC
- Agent Gregory P. Kaihoi, Esq.
- Main IPC: A21D13/00
- IPC: A21D13/00

Abstract:
Inhibition of expansion of a cereal product, such as a ready-to-eat cereal, by a particulate insoluble component such as fiber and/or calcium is avoided by pelletizing the particulate insoluble component. A binder component, such as gelatinized starch, is used to bind particles of the particulate insoluble component into a coherent mass which is formed into non-expanded pellets for fortification of the cereal product. The expanded cereal products, such as extruded puffed RTE cereals which contain the pellets, exhibit a crisp, uniform texture and cell structure, improved, prolonged bowl life, a non-gritty mouthfeel, and a smooth, uniform surface appearance even though they are fortified with high amounts of the solid or particulate insoluble nutritional components.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130243925A1 Cereal-Based Product with Improved Eating Quality Fortified with Dietary Fiber and/or Calcium Public/Granted day:2013-09-19
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