Cereal bar having a crunchy texture
AssigneeThe Quaker Oats Company
InventorGurbe Jelle Mesu
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Abstract
A cereal bar having as a binder an aqueous solution of starch, another (poly)saccharide, or protein solution.
Claims19
A cereal bar having a crunchy texture comprising dry ingredients with a binder selected from the groups consisting of starch, other (poly)saccharides, protein, and blends thereof.
A method for manufacturing a cereal bar having a crunchy texture, said method comprising preparing a mixture of dry cereal ingredients selected from the group consisting of cereals, grains, inclusions, and blends thereof, and an aqueous solution comprising binder selected from the group consisting of starch, other oligosaccharides, protein, and blends thereof, mixing the mixture of dry cereal ingredients with the aqueous binder solution, forming a sheet having a desired thickness, and forming pieces of desired size and shape before or after heating the sheet to a temperature between about 110° C. and about 150° C. for a time sufficient to dry the bar and yield a dry, crunchy, cereal bar.
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