Puffed cereal cakes

US6248379A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• N. V. MasterFoods, S.A. · BE

Inventors

• Roberto A. Capodieci · Glen Ellyn, US
• Lucio Yonemoto · McLean, US
• Catherine V. Baillie · Porto Alegre, BR
• Theodore Jach · Cambridge, US
• Fabiana F. Gargaro · Caçapava do Sul, BR

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 19, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 8, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23L7/178
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides a process for the preparation of puffed cereal cakes, preferably rice cakes, comprising the steps of: providing a cereal grain, preferably a milled parboiled rice, wherein the cereal grain is impregnated with a non-mineral food ingredient such as a sugar; introducing the grain into a mold; and puffing the cereal in the mold under pressure to form a shaped impregnated cereal cake. The cereal grains impregnated with organic food ingredients can be used to make puffed cereal cakes having improved taste, texture and nutritional properties.