Production of whole grain shredded products

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Shredded whole grain products, such as ready-to-eat cereals and sweet and savory snacks, such as whole grain shredded corn chips are continuously produced by pelletizing agglomerates of cooked tempered, whole cereal grain particles. Cooked whole grains such as corn and other non-gluten or low-gluten containing grains have a tendency to become hard and rubbery after cooking during the cooling and tempering process. The pelletization results in the production of whole grain pellets having a soft pliable texture, which are shreddable into continuous net-like sheets on a mass production basis. The pelletizing may be at a pressure of about 200 psig to about 600 psig preferably from about 400 …