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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wayne K Rice, Wanatah, IN (US);
Assignee:
Vitamins, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 72 ; 426448 ; 426450 ; 426465 ; 426625 ;
Abstract
An extruded defatted wheat germ food product has an expanded open-cell structure with a crisp, crunchy palatable nut-like flavor is stable in the presence of air at room temperatures. The product is produced by defatting wheat germ, increasing the moisture to 12-25% by weight, and extruding the moist wheat germ into atmospheric pressure, where the wheat germ is permitted to expand. The extruded product is dried to a moisture level below about 8%.