Beta-glucan process, additive and food product

摘要

The method for abstracting high levels of beta-glucan from a grain product such as oat or barley grain to produce a beta-glucan product containing at least about 18% by weight beta-glucan is provided. The beta-glucan product can be produced as an agglomerated food additive having at least about 18% by weight beta-glucan. Methods are provided for enriching a food product with the beta-glucan agglomerated food additive to produce an enriched resulting food product.