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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2012
Bernhard H. Van Lengerich, Plymouth, MN (US);
Nathan W. Lukecart, Plymouth, MN (US);
Friedrich P. Meuser, Berlin, DE;
Dieter Oberdoerfer, Berlin, DE;
Wolfgang Bindzus, Penthaz, CH;
Bernhard H. van Lengerich, Plymouth, MN (US);
Nathan W. Lukecart, Plymouth, MN (US);
Friedrich P. Meuser, Berlin, DE;
Dieter Oberdoerfer, Berlin, DE;
Wolfgang Bindzus, Penthaz, CH;
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Inhibition of expansion of a cereal product, such as a ready-to-eat cereal, by a particulate insoluble component such as fiber and/or calcium is avoided by pelletizing the particulate insoluble component. A binder component, such as gelatinized starch, is used to bind particles of the particulate insoluble component into a coherent mass which is formed into non-expanded pellets for fortification of the cereal product. The expanded cereal products, such as extruded puffed RTE cereals which contain the pellets, exhibit a crisp, uniform texture and cell structure, improved, prolonged bowl life, a non-gritty mouthfeel, and a smooth, uniform surface appearance even though they are fortified with high amounts of the solid or particulate insoluble nutritional components.