An uncooked oat groat or corn endosperm product comprising added ingredients
is
provided, wherein the selected ingredients are incorporated inside or adsorbed
on the oat groats or corn endosperm and are resistant to chipping or flaking off.
Methods are provided for making the foregoing products.
The methods may be used with cut or whole oats and involve adding the selected
ingredients in an aqueous medium to the oat groats to increase the moisture content
of the groats and to allow the selected ingredients to become adsorbed onto or
absorbed within the oat groats.
The methods described above may be used to treat uncooked corn endosperm as a
means of adding ingredients either within the corn endosperm or onto the surface
of the corn endosperm.
