Ready-to-eat cereal product fortified with ferric EDTA and process of making
AssigneeKellogg Company
InventorsRobert D. Humbert, Leila Saldanha, John Kepplinger
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Abstract
A ready-to-eat cereal product fortified with ferric EDTA as the iron source. The cereal product comprises about 0.1 to about 300 mg of ferric EDTA product per ounce of said cereal product, preferably 13 to 140 mg per ounce. The total iron content present is in the range of about 0.1 to about 39 mg per ounce of the cereal product, and preferably about 1.8 to 18 mg per ounce. The cereal product can also be fortified with a ferric EDTA complex in combination with an additional iron fortificant. The invention also provides for a method to prevent or treat iron-deficiency anemia by administering a ferric EDTA fortified ready-to-eat cereal.
Claims18
A process for preparing a cooked, cereal ingredient containing product, comprising:
- (a) combining
- (i) at least one cereal ingredient,
- (ii) a ferric EDTA compound, and
- (iii) moisture
- (b) cooking (i), (ii) and (iii) to produce a cooked, cereal ingredient confining product, and
- c) drying the cooked cereal ingredient containing product of (b) to contain less than 12% moisture.
Process for preparing a cooked, ready to eat cereal, comprising:
- (a) combining a cereal ingredient and a ferric EDTA compound,
- (b) cooking said cereal ingredient and said ferric EDTA compound at 20 psi steam, at a temperature of 259.degree. F. for about 100-105 minutes,
- (c) cooling said cereal ingredient and said ferric EDTA compound to room temperature, and
- (d) drying said cereal ingredient and said ferric EDTA compound to a moisture level of 12%.
A process for preparing a cooked, cereal ingredient containing product which contains ferric EDTA, comprising combining at least one cereal ingredient, a ferric EDTA compound and moisture, cooking said at least one cereal ingredient, ferric EDTA and moisture to form a cooked cereal ingredient containing product, spraying said cooked cereal ingredient containing product with a solution containing ferric EDTA, and drying said product to contain less than 12% moisture.
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