Patent ID: 8691317

Claim:
A process for producing shelled buckwheat kernels for human consumption without further processing, comprising: providing the shelled buckwheat kernels without additives and heating the shelled buckwheat kernels to obtain preroasted buckwheat kernels; adding an amount of edible oil to the preroasted shelled buckwheat kernels to oil the shelled buckwheat kernels by wetting outer surfaces of the shelled buckwheat kernels while continuing the roasting until the shelled buckwheat kernels are no longer capable of absorbing further edible oil through the outer surfaces and the shelled buckwheat kernels develop a golden-yellow coloration due to absorption of the edible oil into the shelled buckwheat kernels; spraying a liquid solution containing salt, or sugar or at least one flavoring on the oiled and roasted shelled buckwheat kernels so that the oiled and roasted shelled buckwheat kernels are wetted by the spraying the solution on the outer surfaces; and continuing the roasting until the liquid is evaporated from the shelled roasted buckwheat kernels and the salt, or the sugar or the at least one flavoring remain wherein the shelled buckwheat kernels are ready for human consumption.