Inventors:
Julie Mazzoleni - Arlington Heights IL
Michael Rapp - Schaumburg IL
Assignee:
The Quaker Oats Company - Chicago IL
International Classification:
A23L 1164
US Classification:
426618, 426551, 426554, 426564, 426619, 426620, 426621, 426639
Abstract:
A grain product is provided that contains flaked grains stabilized in a solid foam matrix that contains no added fat and cohesively binds together the flaked grains. The solid foam matrix has an expanded volume formed by introduction of a gas, which may be formed in situ by evolution of a gas upon reaction of at least one gas-releasing compound with at least one material selected from the group consisting of an acid or an acidic salt when the foam matrix materials are in a fluid state. Preferably, the gas-releasing compound is a leavening agent or virtually any chemical compound that, by reaction with another compound, results in the evolution of a gas in a sufficient amount to form the desired liquid foam that can be dried or cured to form a solid foam matrix. The flaked grain product typically having a density in the range of from about 22 lb/ft to about 31 lb/ft. In this embodiment of the invention, the grain product comprises flaked grain or grains bound together in a solid foam matrix which binds together the flaked grain or grains.