Patent ID: 7740894
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a fiber-containing rice-based cereal, said method comprising: (1) precooking dried rice to form a partially hydrated rice having a first moisture content of about 10 to about 20 percent; (2) adding soluble fiber to the partially hydrated rice to form a rice-fiber composition; (3) gently mixing the rice-fiber composition to form a homogeneous mixture of the partially hydrated rice and soluble fiber; (4) cooking the homogenous mixture to complete hydration of the rice to obtain a cooked rice composition wherein the rice is infused with the soluble fiber and wherein the cooked rice composition has a second moisture content of about 28 to about 42 percent; (5) drying the cooked rice composition to a third moisture content of about 15 to about 23 percent to obtain a dried cooked rice composition; and (6) treating the dried cooked rice composition by a treatment selected from the group consisting of puffing, flaking, bumping and combinations thereof to form the fiber-containing rice-based cereal which has from about 5 to about 25 percent total dietary fiber.