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US 12,507,718 B2Granted
Crisp and hard whole oat kernel snack
AssigneesThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Pop Oats LLC
InventorsTara H. Mchugh, Zhongli Pan, Donald A. Olson, Marc Pfeiffer, Rodger Morris
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Abstract
A crisp and hard whole kernel oat snack product made by fully hydrating whole oat kernels (i.e. oat groats), and then gelatinizing the starch in the whole oat kernels using an infrared process. The gelatinized oats are then roasted in a hot air dryer. The resulting food product is measurably harder and crisper than other whole oat products currently available.
Claims6
An edible whole oat kernel, consisting of:
- puffed whole oat groat kernels;
- a crispness of about 600-700 kg/sec;
- and
- a hardness of about 230-300 kg force.
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A food product, comprising:
- an edible whole oat kernel, consisting of:
- puffed whole oat groat kernels;
- a crispness of about 600-700 kg/sec;
- and
- a hardness of about 230-300 kg force.
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