A breakfast cereal composition for human consumption is provided that comprises at least one cereal grain and a soy material selected from soy flour, soy grits, soy flakes, a comminuted whole soybean material, or combinations thereof. The soy material comprises at most 20 mu mol/g raffinose and 35 mu mol/g stachyose, and at least 200 mu mol/g sucrose. A process for producing the breakfast cereal composition is also provided in which at least one cereal grain and a soy material selected from a soy flour, soy grits, soy flakes, a comminuted whole soybean material, or combinations thereof are blended, cooked to form a cereal dough, and a ready-to-eat cereal composition is formed from the cereal dough. The soy material comprises at most 20 mu mol/g raffinose and 35 mu mol/g stachyose, and at least 200 mu mol/g sucrose. The use of a soy material in reducing coronary heart disease risk in a human is also provided, in which a medicament for human administration is in the form of a cereal com position and comprises the soy material, and the soy material comprises at most 20 mu mol/g raffinose and 35 mu mol/g stachyose, and at least 200 mu mol/g sucrose.
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