Oat-based dispersions, food products, and processes for making the same
AssigneeOy Karl Fazer Ab
InventorsNiko Nurmi, Katariina Rommi, Jussi Loponen
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Abstract
The present invention, relates to oat-based dispersions, to food products containing said oat-based dispersions, and to processes for forming the aforementioned products, wherein the processes include reducing the particle size of oat raw material, preferably by at least one of high-pressure homogenisation, microfluidization and wet milling.
Claims21
A process for producing an oat-based dispersion for food applications, characterized in that it comprises or consists essentially of the steps of:
- providing oat raw material having a particle size D50 of 50-250 μm, preferably 60-200 μm, a protein content of at least 24%, preferably at least 30%, and a starch content of 5% or less, preferably 2% or less, and a beta-glucan content of 10% or less, on a dry matter basis;
- adjusting the dry matter content of the oat raw material to obtain an aqueous oat suspension having a dry matter content of 6-30%, preferably about 8-25%;
- reducing the particle size D50 of the oat raw material, preferably by using at least one of high-pressure homogenization, microfluidization and wet milling, mere-preferably high-pressure homogenization;
- optionally pasteurising and/or UHT treating the oat raw material before or subsequent to the step of reducing the particle size of the oat raw material;
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- recovering the oat-based dispersion having a particle size D50 of 5-<50 μm, preferably 5-30 μm.
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An oat-based, milk-free dispersion, characterized in that it comprises or consists essentially of
- an oat protein content of at least 24%, preferably at least 30%, more preferably at least 40%, based on dry matter;
- an oat starch content of 5% or less, preferably 2% or less, based on dry matter;
- an oat fiber content of at least 5%, preferably at least 10%, more preferably at least 15%, based on dry matter;
- a beta-glucan content of 10% or less, based on dry matter;
- a dry matter content of 6-30%, preferably about 8-25%, more preferably about 10-22%, typically about 12-20%;
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- having a particle size of D50 of 5-50 μm, preferably 5-30 μm.
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