General Foods Limited

Charles V Fulger

Ernest K Gum

Gerhard J Haas

Wen C Lou

Charles R Lazarus

Howard D Stahl

Edwin Bernard Herman

Evan J Turek

Renee Bayha

Charles T Stocker

Wayne Howard Crosby

Chia-Chi Tu

Donna M Nesheiwat

Allan G Bradbury

A process is disclosed for producing a heat-stable, yeast fermented malt reaction flavor concentrate which is of low volatility. The process involves preparing a malt flour such that it has sufficient fermentable sugars, fermenting the malt flour with yeast at a temperature of from about 10.degree. C. to about 60.degree. C. for a period of time of from 1/2 to 6 hours and heating the fermented malt produced by the fermentation to inactive the yeast and develop flavors. The yeast fermented malt derived food flavorant may be incorporated into a foodstuff, preferably a ready-to-eat cereal or baked good at a level of from 0.3 to 5% by weight.

Process for preparing a heat stable fermented malt flavorant

A process for producing an all natural, enzyme-saccharified, cereal derived from whole grain is disclosed. The process involves milling and separating the whole grain to produce a bran fraction, an endosperm fraction, and a germ fraction. The germ fraction is processed by toasting and grinding and preferably by removing bran before the toasting. The bran fraction and any bran material separated out from the ground germ is modified to increase its functionality by high temperature, high shear extrusion in a counter-rotating twin screw extruder. The endosperm fraction is coarsely milled, made into a slurry, cooked and then enzymatically hydrolyzed. The final step involves recombining the processed fractions, to form a cereal dough which is further processed to produce a ready-to-eat breakfast cereal. Optionally from 1-15% of the whole grain may be malted and added into the cereal dough.

All natural, ready-to-eat enzyme-saccharified cereal derived from whole

A process is disclosed for producing an all-grain, enzyme-saccharified cereal derived from cereal grain components. The process involves saccharifying an endosperm fraction to form a syrup containing soluble saccharides and adding to the saccharified endosperm a matrix-forming ingredient which is either a modified bran material, a toasted ground germ or a combination of these two ingredients to form a cereal dough, and subsequently processing the cereal dough to obtain a ready-to-eat cereal.

Process for preparing an all grain, enzyme-saccharified cereal and

A process for producing a food composition possessing a malt-like flavor is disclosed. The process involves germinating a cereal grain seed until sprouted roots develop. The sprouted roots are explanted and are then grown on a nutrient medium. The cultured root are then harvested and heated to develop the malt-like flavor. The composition may be utilized as a source of malt flavor in a foodstuff or beverage.

Malt-like flavor from cereal grain root cultures

This invention prepares a fully cooked extruded flour-based product with a texture, aerated structure, cohesiveness, appearance and rehydration characteristics of a fully baked flour-based product by: feeding a flour, a gas forming agent, and water into an extruder in amounts effective to prepare a dough having a moisture content within the range of 20 to 40%; mixing and kneading the flour and water to prepare a homogeneous dough; and extruding the dough while subjecting the dough within the extruder to cooking temperatures within the range of 140.degree. F. to 250.degree. F. (60.degree. C. to 120.degree. C.) while under pressures and low shear conditions and for a period of time effective to set the protein and to partially gelatinize the starch in the flour while maintaining the starch granule integrity.

Process for preparing a cooked extruded flour-based product

A composition useful for the production of a rehydratable rice product and a method of making such product. The composition includes ungelatinized 90.0 to 99.5 by weight rice flour, 0.2 to 5.0 percent of an aeration agent, 0.1 to 3.5 percent of an emulsifier, and, optionally, up to 1.5 percent by weight of an edible gum. The composition is mixed with water and extruded at temperatures not in excess of 220.degree. F. and dried to make a rehydratable rice product. The extrudate is sized, preferably after drying, into lengths simulating the lengths of rice grains. The product is rehydratable in boiling hot water in 1 to 4 minutes and is particularly suitable for making a rice pudding, in 3-6 minutes.

Rehydratable rice product

A method of hydrolyzing a coffee extraction residue material to produce a mannan oligomer solution having oligomers from DP 1 to DP 10 is disclosed. The coffee material, preferably spent grounds from a commercial percolation system, is hydrolyzed in a reactor in the presence of an acid catalyst. A tubular plug flow reactor is convenient, although any reactor providing for the relatively high temperature, short time reaction will suffice. Particular acid catalysts include sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, acetic acid and carbon dioxide gas. Depending on the specific time, temperature and catalyst concentration selected, a mannan oligomer solution having any desired distribution of oligomers between DP 1 and DP 10 is produced.

Production of a mannan oligomer hydrolysate

The invention relates to a process for the modification of bran comprising forming a bran and water feed having a bran to water ratio of from 5.5:1 to 10:1 and extruding the feed in a counter-rotating twin screw extruder under high temperature and high shear conditions. The modified bran is more readily millable and when milled will possess a mouthfeel with an absence of grittiness and a greater functionality in a food product.

Modification of bran by extrusion

A method for hydrolyzing coffee extraction residue materials to produce manno-saccharides having a degree of polymerization from 1 to 10 and subsequently neutralizing and reducing said mixture of manno-saccharides to their corresponding alcohols. The coffee material, preferably spent coffee grounds from a commercial percolation system, is hydrolyzed in a Plug Flow tubular reactor in the presence of an acid catalyst, such as sulfuric acid. Depending on the time, temperature, pressure and catalyst concentration selected, manno-saccharides or mannose is produced. The manno-saccharides or mannose produced are separated from coffee residue material in the form of a syrup and neutralized with calcium hydroxide. The neutralized mixture of manno-saccharides or mannose is reduced to their corresponding alcohols or mannitol.

Production of mannitol and higher manno-saccharide alcohols

The storage and light stability of an anthocyanin food colorant obtained by extraction from grape pomace is enhanced by combination with tannic acid.

Stabilized anthocyanin food colorant

A process for producing an all natural, enzyme-saccharified, cereal derived from whole grain is disclosed. The process involves milling and separating the whole grain to produce a bran fraction, an endosperm fraction, and a germ fraction. The germ fraction is processed by toasting and grinding and preferably by removing bran before the toasting. The bran fraction and any bran material separated out from the ground germ is treated to increase its functionality by milling to a particle size of from 5 to 100 microns. The endosperm fraction is coarsely milled, made into a slurry, cooked and then enzymatically hydrolyzed. The final step involves recombining the processed fractions, to form a cereal dough which is further processed to produce a ready-to-eat breakfast cereal. Optionally from 1-15% of the whole grain may be malted and added into the cereal dough.

Enzyme-saccharified all natural, ready-to-eat cereal from whole cereal

A process for producing an all natural, enzyme-saccharified, cereal derived from whole grain is disclosed. The process involves milling and separating the whole grain to produce a bran fraction, an endosperm fraction, and a germ fraction. The germ fraction is processed by toasting and grinding and preferably by removing bran before the toasting. The bran fraction and any bran material separated out from the ground germ is modified to increase its functionality by high temperature, high pressure extrusion in a counter-rotating twin screw extruder. The endosperm fraction is coarsely milled, made into a slurry, cooked and then enzymatically hydrolyzed. The final step involves recombining the processed fractions, to form a cereal dough which is further processed to produce to ready-to-eat breakfast cereal. Optionally from 1-15% of the whole grain may be malted and added into the cereal dough.

Enzyme-saccharified all natural, ready-to-eat cereal derived from whole

A process for producing a food composition possessing a malt-like flavor is disclosed. The process involves germinating a cereal grain seed until sprouted roots develop. The sprouted roots are explanted and are then grown on a nutrient medium. The cultured roots are then harvested and heated to develop the malt-like flavor. The composition may be utilized as a source of malt flavor in a foodstuff or beverage.

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Millwood, NY, United States of America

Charles V Fulger