CEREAL PRODUCTS HAVING LOW PHYTIC ACID CONTENT

摘要

An infant cereal product which contains a phytic acid containing protein source but which has reduced phytic acid content. The cereal product is obtained by incubating a mixture including a starch base, a phytic acid containing protein source and a whole grain cereal flour which is an endogeneous phytase source, to reduce the phytic acid content of the mixture. The mixture is then heated to gelatinise the starch base and inactivate the endogeneous phytase. The cereal product has a phytic acid content of less than 1 mu mol/g of phytic acid.