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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:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd., Hokkaido, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 96 ; 426 92 ; 426 93 ; 426455 ; 426456 ; 426457 ; 426459 ; 426463 ; 426465 ; 426468 ; 426580 ; 426615 ; 426618 ; 426621 ; 426634 ; 426651 ; 426656 ;
Abstract
Processed oats having a remarkably decreased viscosity when dispersed in hot water or boiling water, a method of preparing the same, and a food and beverage containing the same are disclosed. The processed oats may be prepared by contacting pressed oats with water or an aqueous protein solution and then drying the oats. The contacting of oats with the aqueous protein solution may be carried out before the pressing of the oats.