Cereal grain kernels fortified with iron and calcium

US7371422B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Earl Christiansen · Ogden, US
• H. DeWayne Ashmead · Fruit Heights, US
• Kris Eugene Spence · Madeira, US
• Kenneth Thomas Smith · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 2004
• Grant date: May 13, 2008
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23V2002/00
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Described are cereal grain kernels fortified with iron and calcium. Also described is a process for making cereal grain kernels fortified with iron and calcium, the process comprising providing cereal grain kernels and mixing said kernels with a composition comprising an iron source and a calcium source.