General Mills, Inc.

The Pillsbury Company

J David Mingus

Steven J Cox

Robert T Westercamp

Dennis L Schlueter

Sarah Woodling

Edwin T Ta

Victoria Spadaro

Kristine K Downing

Curtis M DeMulling

A recombined whole grain flour for use in preparing whole grain products such that whole grain particulates provide minimal visual impact to the whole grain product. By selectively controlling the particle size of the milled bran and germ constituents used in the recombined whole grain flour, the visual and color impact associated with bran and germ particulates can be substantially eliminated from the whole grain product. In particular, whole grain products such as whole grain breads, dough products, mixes and biscuits can be made with recombined whole grain flour. Whole grain products made with recombined whole grain flour are advantageous in that they incorporate the health advantages associated with whole grains while eliminating the characteristic, visual color differences noticeable within a whole grain crumb due to visually identifiable bran and germ particulates found in traditional whole grain products.

Recombined whole grain having visually indistinguishable particulate matter and related baked products

A grading template for measuring food product attributes for quality control and compliance. The template supports scales for measuring product attributes and has application for measuring size, shape, color and cell structure for baked bread.

Apparatus for measuring conformance of manufactured food product

Growing community of inventors

New Hope, MN, United States of America

J David Mingus