Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Douglas Taylor
  • Method of bleaching cereal grain
    Patent number: 6497909
    Abstract: The present invention describes bleached grain products, such as bleached whole wheat flour, that are obtained having the color and taste of white flour by bleaching whole wheat kernels prior to conventional flour milling. The wheat kernels are treated with a peroxide solution to lighten the color of the bran layers. The bleached grain kernels can be tempered and milled into whole grain flours having 10% to 12% dietary fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Lloyd E. Metzger