Patent ID: 8846128
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A21D,A23L

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a granulated or powdered product from only unpolished sweet, glutinous rice, which serves as an ingredient in preparing a gluten-free wheat flour substitute, consisting of: a. sprouting a quantity of said sweet glutinous rice in a warm, humid environment for a prescribed period to provide sprouted rice, b. drying said sprouted sweet glutinous rice to provide dried and sprouted sweet rice, c. roasting said dried sprouted sweet glutinous rice to provide roasted, dried, and sprouted sweet rice, d. cooling said roasted dried sprouted sweet glutinous rice, and e. utilizing a mechanical device to pulverize said roasted, dried, and sprouted sweet glutinous rice to provide a flour or meal wherein the flour or meal produced from the said process is used to make products from the group consisting of baked goods, fried goods, and pancakes.