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US 10,092,016 B2Granted
Method of preparing an oat-containing dairy beverage
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsCristina Avila, Laura Maria Pires Blasi, Juan Carlos Fernandez, Renee Hamaoui, Mayte Lee
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Abstract
A process for preparing an oat and milk beverage includes processing taking place under chilled conditions. Moreover, the oat product used in accordance with aspects of this invention is hydrolyzed oat flour.
Claims22
A method for preparing an oat containing beverage comprising the steps of:
- a. hydrating hydrolyzed oat flour under chilled conditions;
- b. introducing the hydrolyzed oat flour to chilled fluid milk at a temperature of about 4-7° C. to form a raw beverage;
- c. preheating the raw beverage to 80° C. prior to homogenization, wherein the raw beverage is maintained at 4-7° C. until the beverage is preheated;
- d. homogenizing the raw beverage to form a final beverage;
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- e. introducing the final beverage to sterilization at a temperature of 140-145° C.
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