FOOD PRODUCT WITH REDUCED SUGAR GRAIN BINDER COMPOSITION

• Main Authors: MULLINS III, Charles, STINSON, Matthew J, NAKASHIMA, Matthew Masataro, CLARK, Angela Kay, MUHAMMAD-TAHIR, Zarini
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.08.2022
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A method for preparing a food product and a food product thereof including a grain-based binder and being essentially free of added sugar. The method includes preparing or providing a cooked and/or pre-gelatinized grain flour, coating the grain flour with a fat or oil, and then hydrating the fat coated grain flour with at least one liquid to form a binder composition. The binder composition and one or more dry food ingredients are combined to form an agglomerate, and the agglomerate is thermally processed to activate the binder composition and to obtain the food product.