Whole grain flour and products including same
AssigneeConagra Foods Food Ingredients Company, Inc.
InventorsElizabeth A. Arndt, Theodore Korolchuk
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Abstract
The present invention is a grain product. The grain product includes a first fraction including bran. The first fraction is milled to a first particle size of less than 500 micrometers. The grain product also includes a second fraction including germ. The second fraction is milled to a second particle size of less than 500 micrometers. The grain product is at least one of: a food product, a nutritional supplement, a dietary supplement, a fiber supplement, a digestive supplement, a functional food, and a medical food.
Claims58
A whole grain wheat flour, comprising:
- a coarse fraction comprising at least 97% by weight bran and germ blended with a refined flour constituent such that the whole grain wheat flour comprises substantially the same proportions of natural constituents, other than moisture, compared to a whole grain wheat kernel;
- a particle size distribution such that at least about 98% of particles by weight of the whole grain wheat flour are less than 212 micrometers, wherein 2% to 30% of the particles by weight are over 150 micrometers, 30% to 90% of the particles by weight are over 75 micrometers, 65% to 95% of the particles by weight are over 38 micrometers, and 0% to 30% of the particles by weight are less than 38 micrometers, wherein the particle size distribution is determined by a jet sieve;
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- a measured ash value that is at least 97% of an expected ash value for the whole grain wheat kernel.
A coarse fraction milled from whole grain wheat kernels, the coarse fraction comprising:
- at least 97% by weight bran and germ;
- a particle size distribution such that at least about 97% of particles by weight of the coarse fraction are less than 212 micrometers;
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- substantially the same proportions of natural constituents, other than moisture, as compared to the bran and germ of the whole grain wheat kernels, wherein the coarse fraction comprises a ratio of bran to germ that is about the ratio of bran to germ in the whole grain wheat kernels and a measured ash value that is at least 97% of an expected ash value for the whole grain wheat kernels.
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