process for producing products in cereal based food pellets for instant to creamy texture, and products obtained

摘要

PROCESS FOR MAKING CREAMY INSTANT AGGLOMERATED CEREAL The present invention relates to novel processes for producing pre-cooked instant agglomerated cereal capable of being readily dissolved in liquid to yield a cereal with a creamy consistency and to products produced by those processes. The starting dry cereal blend is moistened and cooked in an extruder which extrudes the cereal blend in an expanded form. The cereal blend is then ground through a mill with a screen having openings of about 0.093 inches in diameter or smaller, and agglomerates are thereafter formed by metering the ground cereal blend into an agglomerator. The agglomerates or granules are then dried to a moisture content of about 4% to about 7%, at which time they are ready for packaging or for combining with a desired liquid. The processes of the present invention have the additional advantage that heat-sensitive ingredients may be blended into the product after the cereal blend is extruded and before the cereal blend is metered into the agglomerator.