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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lloyd E. Metzger, Champlin, MN (US);
Assignee:
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D 2/04 ; A23L 1/10 ; A23L 1/277 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D 2/04 ; A23L 1/10 ; A23L 1/277 ;
Abstract
The present invention describes bleached grain products, such as bleached whole wheat flour, that are obtained having the color and taste of white flour by bleaching whole wheat kernels prior to conventional flour milling. The wheat kernels are treated with a peroxide solution to lighten the color of the bran layers. The bleached grain kernels can be tempered and milled into whole grain flours having 10% to 12% dietary fiber.