Patent ID: 7629008

Claim:
A cereal bar comprising: a cereal grain consisting essentially of a whole grain selected from the group consisting of oats, wheat, wheat flakes, barley, hulled barley flakes, sorghum, corn and mixtures thereof, the cereal grain comprising at least about 15 weight % or more of the cereal bar; about 35 weight % or more of a binder; and about 5 weight % or more of a coating compound; at least about 6 weight % of a soluble fiber; and at least about 3.5 weight % insoluble fiber, the soluble fiber and insoluble fiber being in amounts and in a ratio which are effective to inhibit water migration between the whole grain, binder and coating compound; and the whole grain, binder, coating compound, soluble fiber and insoluble fiber are effective to provide an Aw of about 0.4 to about 0.6, the cereal bar having at least about 5 weight % or more protein, and not more than 120 calories per 28 gram bar.