Method for producing a breakfast cereal from half products.

摘要

A method for producing a breakfast cereal from half products comprising the steps of: extruding pellet half products of a gelatinized, starch-containing material; drying the pellet half products to a moisture content of from about 9.5 to about 17.0 percent by weight under conditions which inhibit case hardening to form dried half products suitable for extended storage; rehydrating the dried half products to a moisture content of from about 18.0 to about 23.0 percent to form rehydrated half products; optionally treating the rehydrated half products with a moisture-absorbing compound to reduce the stickiness of the outer surface of the rehydrated half products; flaking the rehydrated half products into flakes; optionally circulating air about the flakes to reduce the moisture content of the flakes to from about 15.0 to about 18.0 percent; and toasting the flakes to a final moisture content of from about 2.0 to about 5.0 percent.