Oat-based beverage composition
AssigneeJasper Products, L.L.C.
InventorsEric M. Norwood, Natalie L. Overfelt
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Abstract
Rapid hydrolysis methods for producing oat-based beverage compositions, and compositions produced thereby. Continuous flow process to yield a hydrolyzed oat-based beverage in only a few hours, comprising a sequential treatment of an oat flour slurry with glucoamylase and then alpha-amylase enzyme with respective hydrolysis times of less than about 1.5 hours to yield a final hydrolyzed oat slurry, and finishing the composition with one or more flavorings or additional ingredients yield the oat-based beverage composition.
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An unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition, said composition comprising hydrolyzed colloidal whole grain oat flour suspended in aqueous solution, said hydrolyzed colloidal whole grain oat flour comprising glucoamylase and alpha-amylase hydrolysis reaction products, said unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition being unfiltered and comprising beta glucan and fiber and greater than 95% of total sugars as glucose and 3-4% of total sugars as maltose, and said unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition being produced according to a rapid hydrolysis method comprising:
- (a) hydrating colloidal whole grain oat flour with water in a mixer to create an oat slurry;
- (b) treating said oat slurry with a glucoamylase enzyme for a first hydrolysis time to hydrolyze said colloidal whole grain oat flour and yield an initial hydrolyzed oat slurry;
- (c) treating said initial hydrolyzed oat slurry produced in step (b) with an alpha-amylase enzyme for a second hydrolysis time to hydrolyze said colloidal whole grain oat flour to yield a final hydrolyzed oat slurry;
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- (d) mixing one or more of the following ingredients with said final hydrolyzed oat slurry:
- stabilizer, emulsifier, salt, vegetable oil, vitamins, sweetener, flavoring agent and/or buffering agent, until homogenously combined to yield said unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition.
An unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition, said composition comprising hydrolyzed colloidal whole grain oat flour suspended in aqueous solution, said hydrolyzed colloidal whole grain oat flour comprising glucoamylase and alpha-amylase hydrolysis reaction products, said unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition comprising beta glucan and fiber and greater than 95% of total sugars as glucose and 3-4% of total sugars as maltose, and said unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition being produced according to a rapid hydrolysis method comprising:
- (a) hydrating colloidal whole grain oat flour with water in a mixer to create an oat slurry;
- (b) treating said oat slurry with a glucoamylase enzyme for a first hydrolysis time to hydrolyze said colloidal whole grain oat flour and yield an initial hydrolyzed oat slurry;
- (c) treating said initial hydrolyzed oat slurry produced in step (b) with an alpha-amylase enzyme for a second hydrolysis time to hydrolyze said colloidal whole grain oat flour to yield a final hydrolyzed oat slurry;
- (d) mixing one or more of the following ingredients with said final hydrolyzed oat slurry:
- stabilizer, emulsifier, salt, vegetable oil, vitamins, sweetener, flavoring agent and/or buffering agent, until homogenously combined to yield said unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition;
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- (e) subjecting the mixture of said ingredients and final hydrolyzed oat slurry to Ultra High Temperature (UHT) sterilization and cooling to yield said unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition,
- wherein said steps (a)-(d) in said rapid hydrolysis method are carried out with a single tank and corresponding mixer in fluid communication, a filtration step is not required during any of steps (a)-(d) in said rapid hydrolysis method to yield said unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition, and said unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition is produced according to the rapid hydrolysis method in less than 5 hours.
An unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition, said composition comprising hydrolyzed colloidal whole grain oat flour suspended in aqueous solution, said hydrolyzed colloidal whole grain oat flour comprising glucoamylase and alpha-amylase hydrolysis reaction products, said unfiltered, whole grain oat-based beverage composition being unfiltered and comprising beta glucan and fiber and greater than 95% of total sugars as glucose and 3-4% of total sugars as maltose.
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