Food products prepared with soluble whole grain oat flour

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9622500-B2
Application number	US-201414209075-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2014
Priority date	Nov 4, 2008
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

Food products prepared from whole grain oat flour having soluble components. The soluble whole oat flour maintains its standard of identity as whole grain and thus has the characteristics of whole grain oats. Aspects of the present invention relate to the use of the soluble oat flour in liquid food products such as beverages, semi-solid food products such as yogurt, and solid food products such as bakery items in order to provide enhanced health benefits.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bakery product selected from the group consisting of muffins, cookies, breads, bagels, pizza crust, cakes, crepes, and pancakes; wherein the bakery product is prepared from ingredients comprising whole grain oat flour in an amount of 2 to 10 wt. % as a texturizer; and wherein the whole grain oat flour is highly dispersible in water so that there are no lumps of the whole grain oat flour in a mixture of the whole grain oat flour and water at 25° C. after stirring the mixture for 5 seconds.

2. The bakery product of claim 1 wherein the product is a cookie comprising 15-35 wt. % oat flour wherein the oat flour further comprises oat flakes, oat flour, and whole grain oat flour.

3. The bakery product of claim 2 wherein oat flakes and oat flour comprise 15-25 wt. % of the cookie and whole grain oat flour comprises 2-5 wt. % of the cookie.

4. The bakery product of claim 1 wherein the product is a muffin comprising 20-30 wt. % flour and wherein 5-10% of the oat flour is whole grain oat flour.

Assignees

• Quaker Oats Co

Inventors

• Carder Gary D
• Chung Yongsoo
• Deutsch Ronald G
• Fernandez Feito Juan Carlos
• French Justin
• Lay Ma Ursula Vanesa
• Lee Mayte
• Miller Margaret J
• Ramage Holly
• Chatel Robert E

Classifications

• A23L7/143

  Cereal granules or flakes to be cooked and eaten hot, e.g. oatmeal; Reformed rice products · CPC title

• A23P30/20

  Extruding · CPC title

• A23L23/00

  Soups; Sauces (soya sauce A23L27/50; salad dressings, mayonnaise or ketchup A23L27/60); Preparation or treatment thereof · CPC title

• A21D8/042

  with enzymes · CPC title

• A23L19/09

  Mashed or comminuted products, e.g. pulp, purée, sauce, or products made therefrom, e.g. snacks (A23L19/01, A23L19/10, A23L27/63 and A23L21/00 take precedence) · CPC title