PROCESS FOR EXTRUSION OF BRAN PRODUCTS

摘要

A cereal product is produced continuously from bran using a twin screw extruder which blends and cooks the dry bran with syrup. The cooked mixture is then passed through a headspace between the tips of the extruder screws and the extrusion die, and extruded through a die head having a plurality of bores. The extrudate strands expand only slighlty, have a roughened outer surface that is visible to the eye, and spontaneously break into strands almost entirely in the range of .1 inch to 2 inches. The strands are then dried and toasted to form bran cereal nuggets.