Method of preparing highly dispersible whole grain flour with an increased avenanthramide content

US9011947B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Quaker Oats Company · US

Inventors

• Gary Carder · Barrington, US
• Robert Chatel · Hoffman Estates, US
• Yifang Chu · Beijing, CN
• Yongsoo Chung · Palatine, US
• Justin French · Frisco, US
• Marianne O'Shea · Chicago, US
• Bernadus Jan-Willem Van Klinken · Barrington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2015
• Expiry date: May 2, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P3/06
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of preparing a highly dispersible whole grain oat flour by hydrolyzing, milling and agglomerating grain flour to arrive at a whole grain oat flour having an increased avenanthramide content compared to native oat flour.