Abstract:
A method of manufacturing popped rice by expanding a pellet containing mulberry leaf powder, brown rice flour, wheat flour, white rice flour, salt and a sweetener is provided to conveniently produce popped rice having excellent nutritional properties and functionalities without the use of special apparatus. A pellet having a moisture content of 18% is expanded at 210 to 230deg.C for 3 to 5sec to obtain popped rice. The pellet is obtained by kneading 1 to 6 parts by weight of mulberry leaf powder, 5 to 15 parts by weight of brown rice flour, 40 to 60 parts by weight of wheat flour, 30 to 40 parts by weight of white rice flour, 0.5 to 1 parts by weight of salt and 0.5 to 1 parts by weight of a sweetener, extruding the dough and drying to a moisture content of 16 to 20%.