Ready-to-eat cereal flakes and process for making same
AssigneeThe Quaker Oats Company
InventorsWilliam E. Holtz, Margo P. Pidgeon, Donn G. Vitek
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a process for preparing ready-to-eat cereal flakes having edible matter embedded therein, said process comprising: (a) preparing a dry mix comprising cereal grain and a plasticizer; (b) introducing the dry mix and water into an initial cooking and forming step under conditions sufficient to produce a cooked cereal dough product; (c) introducing edible matter and the cooked cereal dough product into a secondary forming step under conditions sufficient to form a secondary cereal dough product having edible matter embedded therein; and (d) convening the secondary cereal dough product into flakes. The present invention further comprises a ready-to-eat cereal product prepared by this process.
Claims27
A process for preparing ready-to-eat cereal flakes having edible matter embedded therein, said process comprising:
- (a) preparing a dry mix comprising cereal grain and a plasticizer;
- (b) introducing the dry mix and water into an initial cooking and forming step under conditions sufficient to produce a cooked cereal dough product;
- (c) introducing edible matter and the cooked cereal dough product into a secondary forming step under conditions sufficient to form a secondary cereal dough product having edible matter embedded therein;
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- (d) converting the secondary cereal dough product into flakes.
A ready-to-eat cereal flake having edible particulate matter embedded therein prepared by the process comprising:
- (a) preparing a dry mix comprising cereal grain and a plasticizer;
- (b) introducing the dry mix and water into an initial cooking and forming step under conditions sufficient to produce a cooked cereal dough product;
- (c) introducing edible matter and the cooked cereal dough product into a secondary forming step under conditions sufficient to form a secondary cereal dough product having edible matter embedded therein;
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- (d) converting the secondary cereal dough product into flakes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.