Cereal-based product with improved eating quality fortified with dietary fiber and/or calcium

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PATENT NO 9560877
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13418980

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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.

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GENERAL MILLS INCNUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BOULEVARD PO BOX 1113 M04-A MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426

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Bindzus, Wolfgang Penthaz, CH 13 77
Lukecart, Nathan W Plymouth, US 5 39
Meuser, Friedrich P Berlin, DE 3 20
Oberdoerfer, Dieter Berlin, DE 2 6
van, Lengerich Bernhard H Plymouth, US 51 1226

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