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Soy containing breakfast cereal

US6303177A · kind A · utility

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41Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 6, 2000
Grant dateOct 16, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23L7/17
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a breakfast cereal for human consumption that contains at least one cereal grain and a soy material selected from soy flour, soy grits, soy flakes, a comminuted whole soybean material, or combinations thereof. The soy material contains at most 20 .mu.mol/g raffinose and 35 .mu.mol/g stachyose, and at least 200 .mu.mol/g sucrose. A process for producing such a breakfast cereal is also provided in which at least one cereal grain and a soy material selected from a soy flour, soy grits, soy flakes, a comminuted whole soybean material, or combinations thereof are blended, cooked to form a cereal dough, and a ready-to-eat cereal is formed from the cereal dough. The soy material contains at most 20 .mu.mol/g raffinose and 35 .mu.mol/g stachyose, and at least 200 .mu.mol/g sucrose. A process of reducing coronary heart disease risk in a human is also provided in which a cereal containing a soy material containing at most 20 .mu.mol/g raffinose and 35 .mu.mol/g stachyose, and at least 200 .mu.mol/g sucrose is administered to a human.

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