Patent ID: 6387436
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
A method of producing a flaked grain granola-type product having a density in the range of from about 22 lb/ft3 to about 31 lb/ft3 comprising:(a) forming a fluid mixture of foam binder materials comprising at least one sugar and at least one material selected from the group consisting of protein constituents, malt, acidulants, and flavors; (b) introducing at least one gas-releasing compound into the fluid mixture of foam binder materials; (c) allowing the at least one gas-releasing compound to react with at least one material in the fluid mixture of foam binder materials to form a fluid foam; (d) mixing the fluid foam with flaked grain to form a mass composed of flaked grain bound together by fluid foam; and (e) curing the mass to form the flaked grain product composed of flaked grain bound together by a solid foam matrix, said product having a density in the range of from about 22 lb/ft3 to about 31 lb/ft3.