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US 12,137,700 B2Granted
Food safety method
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsDavid J Domingues, Steven R Pretzel, Yuewei Hu, Craig A Dowd, James P Michaels
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Abstract
Methods for inoculating a grain suitable for use in testing methods of reducing bacterial load are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of reducing bacterial load on a grain by using elevated temperature and an organic acid. Also disclosed are methods of tempering a grain at an elevated temperature and reduced time as compared to standard tempering methods.
Claims16
A method of tempering a grain, the method comprising:
- a. heating the grain in the absence of a tempering solution to a temperature of at least 115° F.,
- b. adding sufficient tempering solution to arrive at a moisture content of 12% to 20% to produce a tempering mixture, and
- c. incubating the tempering mixture at a temperature of least 70° F. for sufficient time to achieve a tempered grain, wherein:
- the tempering solution is an organic acid solution;
- the organic acid is lactic acid, peracetic acid, acetic acid, citric acid or salicylic acid;
- and
- the time is less than 24 hours.
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