Claims
- 1. Psyllium-containing ready-to-eat cereal product having good mouthfeel, textural and flavor characteristics comprising, on a dry weight basis, about 25 to 90% of one or more cereal brans and about 6-19% psyllium.
- 2. Cereal product of claim 1 containing about 11-14% by dry weight psyllium.
- 3. Cereal product of claim 2 including one or more cereal ingredients selected from the group consisting of whole grains, grain components, flour, legumes, non-bran fiber sources and mixtures thereof.
- 4. Cereal product of claim 3 including one or more cereal ingredients selected from the group consisting of whole wheat, rice, oats, barley, corn, rye, wheat germ, oat bran, wheat bran, wheat four, corn flour, soy beans, peas, beans, prune fiber, guar, beet fiber, citrus pulp and mixtures thereof.
- 5. Psyllium-containing ready-to-eat cereal product having good mouthfeel, textural and flavor characteristics prepared by a process which comprises blending one or more cereal brans in an amount of about 25 to 90% based on the dry weight of said cereal product with psyllium in an amount of about 6-19% based on the dry weight of said cereal product and extruding the resulting blend into shaped cereal pieces.
- 6. Cereal product of claim 5 containing about 11-14% by dry weight psyllium.
- 7. Cereal product of claim 5 including one or more cereal ingredients selected from the group consisting of whole grains, grain components, flour, legumes, non-bran fiber sources and mixtures thereof.
- 8. Cereal product of claim 7 including one or more cereal ingredients selected from the group consisting of whole wheat, rice, oats, barley, corn, rye, wheat germ, oat bran, wheat bran, wheat flour, corn flour, soy beans, peas, beans, prune fiber, guar, beet fiber, citrus pulp and mixtures thereof.
- 9. Process for making a psyllium-containing ready-to-eat cereal product having good mouthfeel, textural and flavor characteristics which comprises admixing one or more cereal brans in an amount of about 25 to 90% based on the dry weight of said cereal product with psyllium in an amount of about 6-19% based on the dry weight of said cereal product and extruding the resulting mixture into shaped cereal pieces.
- 10. Process of claim 9 wherein the cereal product contains about 6-19% by dry weight psyllium.
- 11. Method for lowering blood cholesterol in humans and animals which comprises administering thereto over an extended period of time, the ready-to-eat cereal product of claim 1.
- 12. Method for lowering blood cholesterol in humans and animals which comprises administering thereto over an extended period of time, the ready-to-eat cereal product of claim 5.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/412,825 filed on Sep. 27, 1989.
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Divisions (1)
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