A23L 7/165
Preparation of puffed cereals involving preparation of meal or dough as an
Official title: Preparation of puffed cereals involving preparation of meal or dough as an intermediate step
A23L7/165 (Preparation of puffed cereals involving preparation of meal or dough as an) appears on 289 US grants and 232 published applications in this corpus.
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- Puffed grain fermented enzyme having superoxide dismutase activity and catalase activity, production method therefor, and food composition comprising same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293943 A1EcoMarine, LLC
- Extruded Puffed High Insoluble Fiber Food and High Total Fiber Pieces and Methods of Making24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283217 A1General Mills, Inc.
- Vegetable Fortified Expanded Food Product and Method of Producing4 Jun 2026US 2026/0150867 A1
- Puffed high protein oat-based food pieces and methods of making14 May 2026US 2026/0130381 A1General Mills, Inc.
- Puffed high protein oat-based food pieces and methods of making14 May 2026US 2026/0130398 A1General Mills, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for preparing sugar coated, puffed snacks upon microwave heating78US 4,409,250 AGeneral Mills, Inc. · 1983
- Food compositions including resistant starch70US 6,303,174 B1Goodman Fielder Limited · 2001
- Extrusion processing with supercritical fluids68US 5,120,559 ACornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 1992
- Process for preparing a cooked extruded flour-based product62US 4,568,550 AGeneral Foods Corporation · 1986
- Puffed high fiber R-T-E cereal and method of preparation60US 5,176,936 AGeneral Mills, Inc. · 1993