Overnight oats and method of making same
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsSteve Cheruvathoor, Kenzi Clark, Julie A. Piasecki, Jie Sun
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Abstract
Food compositions having a milk ingredient and steam-treated uncooked grains are described. The compositions provide a convenient alternative to overnight oats. The food compositions preferably include yogurt and uncooked steam-treated oats, which form a food product that has a shelf stability at 4° C. of at least 60 days. Methods of making and using such food compositions are also described wherein the grains are treated with steam just before being mixed with the milk ingredient.
Claims20
A method of making a refrigerated food product, the method comprising:
- treating a supply of unprocessed grains with steam to form steam-treated uncooked grains;
- mixing the steam-treated uncooked grains with a milk ingredient to form a food composition having about 1% to about 50% steam-treated uncooked grains by weight of the food composition;
- and
- refrigerating the food composition to form the refrigerated food product.
A refrigerated food product comprising:
- a shelf-stable food composition including:
- a milk ingredient;
- and
- steam-treated uncooked grains, the steam-treated uncooked grains being about 1% to about 50% by weight of the food composition, wherein the food product is refrigerated.
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