Patent ID: 8097290

Claim:
A high β-glucan oat based cereal food product fabricated from a cooked cereal dough made from oat flour and oat bran comprising: a high β-glucan content oat flour, comprising a blend of: A. a milled whole oat flour having 1) a native β-glucan content, 2) a Farinograph value of about 5 to 20 minutes, 3) a ratio of syringic acid peak to ferulic acid of greater than or equal to 2.5, and 4) a negative peroxidase activity; and, B. a high β-glucan oat bran having 1) a β-glucan content of 7% or greater than 7%; 2) a Farinogaph value of about five to 20 minutes; 3) a ratio of syringic acid peak to ferulic acid peak of greater than or equal to 2.5; and, 4) a negative peroxidase activity.