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US 6,183,788 B2Granted
Flaked R-T-E cereal
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorSteven J. Leusner
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Abstract
The present invention relates to ready-to-eat cereal flakes exhibiting higher percentages of curled flakes and reduced bulk densities as well as processes for preparing said cereal flakes. More specifically, the present invention provides ready-to-eat cereal flakes fabricated from cooked cereal dough pellets having a bulk density of 150 to 200 g/1003 inch, an average flake thickness of 600 to 800 μm and at least 45% of the flakes being curled to provide a flaked width of at least five millimeters.
Claims9
An R-T-E cereal, comprising:
- a quantity of cereal flakes fabricated from a cooked cereal dough having:
- a bulk density of 160 to 230 g/1003 inch (104×10−2g/cc to 120×10−2g/cc),
- an average flake thickness of 635 to 900 μm (0.025 to 0.035 inch),
- wherein at least 45% of the cereal flakes have a width of at least 5 mm (0.197 inch),
- a moisture content of about 2 to 5%.
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