Patent ID: 6610349
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A21D,A23L

Abstract:
An additive composition for enhancing the fiber content of food products comprising a cooked fiber by-product selected from the group consisting of cooked cereal bran, soy hulls and mixtures thereof, the additive composition having from about 2 to about 15 weight percent starch, at least about 2 weight percent protein, and at least about 75 weight percent total dietary fiber, the starch in the by-product being gelatinized by an alkaline agent selected from the group consisting of calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, calcium carbonate and mixtures thereof in an amount of about 100% and the composition being unwashed after gelatinization of the starch therein such that the additive composition has a calcium content of at least about 0.025 when dried to a moisture content of not more than about 10 weight percent, the additive having a moisture content of not more than 80 weight percent.