METHOD FOR PRODUCING BREAKFAST CEREALS FROM MIXTURE OF BAKED OAT FLAKES, EXTRUDED RICE AND CORN Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC A23L7/117 A23L7/135 

FIELD: food industry; food concentrate industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention is related to production of ready-to-eat and pre-heat-treated granola-type food products, which contain a mixture of baked oatmeal, extruded products, flavoring and enriching additives used in nutrition a wide range of consumers as breakfast cereals and/or quick snacks. A method has been proposed for production of cereal-based breakfast cereals, in which purified oatmeal is first subjected to two-stage heating and humidification, then heat treatment is carried out using IR radiation with a radiant flux density from 20 to 32 kW/m² for 30-35 s at a temperature of 110-130°C, after which the oatmeal is steamed, then it is sent for flattening to produce flakes, which are processed for 30-40 s in a cascade fryer consisting of six thermal blocks located sequentially one after the other, with a power of infrared emitters of 66-67 kW, to obtain baked oatmeal, and corn grits and rice flour separately undergo extrusion processing at pressures up to 200 kgf/cm² and temperatures up to 200°C to obtain extrudates in form of extruded corn and rice, then the extruded corn is mixed in a panning drum at a ratio of 4:1 by weight with the emulsion obtained by beating honey, and the extruded rice is mixed in a panning drum at a ratio of 4:1 by weight with the emulsion containing lecithin with the presence of cocoa powder, after which baked oat flakes, emulsion-treated extruded corn and extruded rice are mixed with additional ingredients - dried apricots, prunes, raisins and cinnamon powder, in the following component ratio, wt.%: baked oat flakes 30.0 ; extruded corn 25.0; extruded rice 25.0; dried apricots 10.0; prunes 4.0; raisins 4.0; cinnamon powder 2.0. Extruded corn and extruded rice can have the form of balls, or sticks, or stars, or rings, or plates, or tubes.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to expand the range of ready-to-eat breakfast cereals and/or ready-made quick snacks, characterized by high consumer and functional properties and a long shelf life.

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