CEREAL BRAN GRANULE AND FOOD PREPARED USING THE SAME

• US 20090053379A1
• Filed: 10/28/2008
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsuwa Co., Ltd. (Rayama Pack Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsuwa Co., Ltd. (Rayama Pack Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: ITOH, Hirakazu, NIGAURI, Kenichi, FUJII, Hisashi, KIMURA, Yoko
• Application Number:
  US12/260,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20090053379A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/560
• CPC Class Codes: A21D 13/02 Products made from whole meal; Products containing bran or rough-ground grain
• CPC Class Codes: A21D 2/186 Starches; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A21D 2/36 Vegetable material
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 7/115 Cereal fibre products, e.g. bran, husk
• CPC Class Codes: A23P 10/22 Agglomeration or granulation with pulverisation of solid particles, e.g. in a free-falling curtain
• CPC Class Codes: A23P 10/25 Agglomeration or granulation by extrusion or by pressing, e.g. through small holes, through sieves or between surfaces

Abstract

The aim of the present invention is to provide a novel food material which comprises cereal bran containing plenty of dietary fiber, does not harm the volume of bakery products and cakes, and gives good taste to them, even when it is added to the dough of bakery products such as bread and cakes. Another aim of the present invention is to provide a food, such as bakery products, i.e. bread and cakes, which is prepared by using the novel food material of the present invention. The aims are attained by providing cereal bran granule obtained by granulating powdery composition which comprises powder of cereal bran, and a food prepared by using the cereal bran granule.

Claims

1. Cereal bran granule, which is produced by granulating powder composition comprising cereal bran powder.

2. A cereal bran granule of claim 1, wherein the cereal bran powder is one, two or more kinds of cereal bran powder selected from the group consisting of wheat bran powder, oat bran powder and barley bran powder.

3. A cereal bran granule of claims 1 or 2, wherein the powder composition comprising cereal bran powder further comprises one, two or more kinds of resistant dextrin, resistant starch, gluten, or starch.

4. A cereal bran granule of any one of claims 1 to 3, which has particle size in the range of 0.5 mm to 10 mm.

5. A food which is prepared by using a cereal bran granule according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

6. A food of claim 5, which is a bakery product or a cake.

7. A food of claims 5 or 6, which comprises cereal bran granule in an amount of 1 w/w % or more.