US4764388A — Method for making vitamin enriched cereal

Claim 1

Independent Claim 86 words

A method for multi-vitamin enriching a milled cereal, comprising: (a) cooking a cereal grain at temperatures and humidities which hydrate and gelatinize cereal grain internal structure to form a gelatinized, wet cereal grain mass and subsequently; (b) adding a dry multi-vitamin premix into said cooked cereal grain mass with sufficient simultaneous mixing to form a homogeneous multi-vitamin premix and cereal grain composition and then; (c) milling said multi-vitamin premix and cereal grain composition, wherein milled cereal pieces are formed; and (d) baking said milled cereal pieces.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 86 words

A method for multi-vitamin enriching a milled cereal, comprising: (a) cooking a cereal grain at temperatures and humidities which hydrate and gelatinize cereal grain internal structure to form a gelatinized, wet cereal grain mass and subsequently; (b) adding a dry multi-vitamin premix into said cooked cereal grain mass with sufficient simultaneous mixing to form a homogeneous multi-vitamin premix and cereal grain composition and then; (c) milling said multi-vitamin premix and cereal grain composition, wherein milled cereal pieces are formed; and (d) baking said milled cereal pieces.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 30 words

The method according to claim 1 wherein said cereal grain is a member selected from the group consisting of wheat, oats, rice, corn, barley, rye, sorghum, and mixtures of these.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 31 words

The method according to claim 2 wherein said cereal grain is wheat and said cereal grain mass has a moisture content of between about 30 and about 55 percent by weight.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 39 words

The method according to claim 1 wherein said adding is by a means for feeding powder at a flow rate sufficient to enrich a serving unit of said cereal pieces with an effective amount of said dry multi-vitamin premix.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 139 words

The method according to claim 4 wherein said dry multi-vitamin premix consists essentially of Vitamin A in a concentration between about 2100 and about 2110 USPU, vitamin D in a concentration between about 58 and about 62 USPU, Niacinamide in a concentration between about 5.5 and about 6.0 mg, Iron in a concentration between about 1.9 and about 2.0 mg, Zinc in a concentration between about 1.5 and about 1.7 mg, Pyridoxine HCl in a concentration between about 0.7 and about 0.8 mg, Riboflavin (B 2 ) in a concentration between about 0.5 and about 0.55 mg, Thiamine HCl (B 1 ) in a concentration between about 0.5 and about 0.55 mg, Folic acid in a concentration between about 0.1 and about 0.15 mg, and Cyanocobalamin (B 12 ) in a concentration between about 2.2 and about 2.3 mcg.

Claim 7

Independent Claim 136 words

A method for multi-vitamin enriching a milled cereal, comprising: (a) cooking a cereal grain; (b) tempering said cooked cereal grain at temperatures and humidities which hydrate and gelatinize cereal grain internal structure to form a gelatinized, cereal grain mass and subsequently; (c) adding a dry multi-vitamin premix by a means for feeding powder at a steady flow rate into said cooked cereal grain mass with sufficient simultaneous mixing to form a homogeneous dry multi-vitamin premix and cereal grain composition, said steady flow rate being a rate of between about 20 mg and about 30 mg of dry multi-vitamin premix for between approximately 125 and approximately 140 pounds of cereal grain mass and then; (d) milling said dry multi-vitamin premix and cereal grain composition wherein milled cereal particles are formed; and (e) baking said milled cereal pieces.

Claim 8

Independent Claim 136 words

A method for multi-vitamin enriching a milled cereal, comprising: (a) cooking a cereal grain; (b) tempering said cooked cereal grain at temperatures and humidities which hydrate and gelatinize cereal grain internal structure to form a gelatinized, cereal grain mass and subsequently; (c) adding a dry multi-vitamin premix by a means for feeding powder at a steady flow rate into said cooked cereal grain mass with sufficient simultaneous mixing to form a homogeneous dry multi-vitamin premix and cereal grain composition, said steady flow rate being a rate of between about 20 mg and about 30 mg of dry multi-vitamin premix for between approximately 125 and approximately 140 pounds of cereal grain mass and then; (d) milling said dry multi-vitamin premix and cereal grain composition wherein milled cereal particles are formed; and (e) baking said milled cereal pieces.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 30 words

The method according to claim 6 wherein said cereal grain is a member selected from the group consisting of wheat, oats, rice, corn, barley, rye, sorghum, and mixtures of these.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 25 words

The method according to claim 7 wherein said cereal grain mass has a moisture content of between about 30 and about 55 percent by weight.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 49 words

The method according to claim 6 wherein said adding of said dry multi-vitamin premix into said cereal grain mass is by a means for feeding powder at a steady flow rate sufficient to enrich a serving unit of said cereal pieces with an effective amount of said dry multi-vitamins.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 136 words

The method according to claim 9 wherein said dry multi-vitamin premix contains Vitamin A in a concentration between about 2100 and about 2110 USPU, Vitamin D in a concentration between about 58 and about 62 USPU, Niacinamide in a concentration between about 5.5 and about 6.0 mg, Iron in a concentration between about 1.9 and about 2.0 mg, Zinc in a concentration between about 1.5 and about 1.7 mg, Pyridoxine HCl in a concentration between about 0.7 and about 0.8 mg, Riboflavin (B 2 ) in a concentration between about 0.5 and about 0.55 mg, Thiamine HCl (B 1 ) in a concentration between about 0.5 and about 0.55 mg, Folic acid in a concentration between about 0.1 and about 0.15, and Cyanocobalamin (B 12 ) in a concentration between about 2.2 and about 2.3 mcg.

Claim 13

Independent Claim 102 words

A method for multi-vitamin enriching a shredded cereal, said method includes: (a) cooking wheat and tempering said wheat at temperatures and humidities which hydrate and gelatinize cereal grain internal structure to form a hydrated, gelatinized wheat mass; (b) shredding said wheat mass into a shredded sheet and forming laminae of said shredded sheet; and (c) baking said laminated, shredded sheet and forming cereal pieces of said laminated, shredded sheet; wherein the improvement comprises adding a dry multi-vitamin premix with simultaneous mixing into said hydrated, gelatinized wheat mass, thereby distributing said dry, multi-vitamin premix into the cereal grain mass of said cereal pieces.

Claim 14

Independent Claim 102 words

A method for multi-vitamin enriching a shredded cereal, said method includes: (a) cooking wheat and tempering said wheat at temperatures and humidities which hydrate and gelatinize cereal grain internal structure to form a hydrated, gelatinized wheat mass; (b) shredding said wheat mass into a shredded sheet and forming laminae of said shredded sheet; and (c) baking said laminated, shredded sheet and forming cereal pieces of said laminated, shredded sheet; wherein the improvement comprises adding a dry multi-vitamin premix with simultaneous mixing into said hydrated, gelatinized wheat mass, thereby distributing said dry, multi-vitamin premix into the cereal grain mass of said cereal pieces.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 26 words

The method according to claim 11, wherein said adding of said dry multi-vitamin premix is by a means for feeding powder at a steady flow rate.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 26 words

The method according to claim 12 wherein said hydrated, gelatinized wheat mass has a moisture content of between about 30 and about 55 percent by weight.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 32 words

The method according to claim 13 wherein said steady flow rate is sufficient to enrich a serving unit of said cereal pieces with a therapeutically effective amount of said dry multi-vitamin premix.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 135 words

The method according to claim 14 wherein said dry multi-vitamin premix contains Vitamin A in a concentration between about 2100 and about 2110 USPU, Vitamin D in a concentration between about 58 and about 62 USPU, Niacinamide in concentration between about 5.5 and about 6.0 mg, Iron in a concentration between about 1.9 and about 2.0 mg, Zinc in a concentration between about 1.5 and about 1.7 mg, Pyridoxine HCl in a concentration between about 0.7 and about 0.8 mg, Riboflavin (B 2 ) in a concentration between about 0.5 and about 0.55 mg, Thiamine HCl (B 1 ) in a concentration between about 0.5 and about 0.55 mg, Folic acid in a concentration between about 0.1 and about 0.15, and Cyanocobalamin (B 12 ) in a concentration between about 2.2 and about 2.3 mcg.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 15 words

The method of claim 11 wherein said shredded wheat cereal contains a filling comprising fruit.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1991-08-16	1992-02-15	1992-08-16	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1995-08-16	1996-02-15	1996-08-16	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1999-08-16	2000-02-15	2000-08-16	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Method for making vitamin enriched cereal

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