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US 4,900,567 AGranted
Process for preparing a cereal
AssigneeCPC International Inc.
InventorArvid D. King
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Abstract
A process for impregnating a grain cereal with honey. The honey is added to the grain cereal under specified conditions of oven temperature, rate of air flow through the oven, residence time in the oven, and cooling. The process correlates the maximum amount of honey to be added to the grain cereal with the type of grain cereal used.
Claims10
A process for preparing a non-sticky, free-flowing grain cereal impregnated with honey, comprising:
- coating a quantity of starch-containing grain cereal containing from about 4 to about 5% moisture with honey up to the maximum amount of honey that will be absorbed by said grain cereal to make an enrobed intermediate;
- drying the enrobed intermediate at a temperature from about 255.degree. to about 265.degree. F. for about 5 to about 7 minutes while blowing air over said enrobed intermediate at from about 3 to about 5 cubic feet per minute to make an impregnated intermediate;
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- cooling said impregnated intermediate.
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