Patent ID: 7964233

Claim:
A method for producing a whole grain shredded food product comprising: a. admixing whole cereal grain particles with water and pressure cooking the whole grain particles to at least substantially gelatinize starch of the whole grain particles, b. comilling the cooked whole grain particles through a screen to obtain smaller agglomerates of whole cereal grain particles, c. tempering the cooked, agglomerated whole grain particles to obtain retrograded starch, d. pelletizing the tempered, cooked, agglomerated whole grain particles in a pelletizer to obtain whole grain pellets, the pelletizing being under pressure and temperature conditions to provide continuous shreddability of the whole grain pellets into continuous netted sheets, e. shredding the whole grain pellets into whole grain continuous netted sheets, f. laminating the whole grain netted sheets to obtain a whole grain laminate, g. cutting the whole grain laminate into whole grain pieces, and h. baking the whole grain pieces to obtain a whole grain shredded food product.