In a first aspect, the present invention relates to a process for
producing a flour enriched with cereal germ, comprising the main stages
of the separation of the germ oil from the cereal germ, and the use of
said oil in order to enrich the type 0, 00, 1, 2 and wholemeal cereal
flours, in such a manner as to obtain a germ oil enriched flour.
According to a preferred aspect of the invention, said separation stage
of the germ oil from the cereal germ comprises the stage of pressing the
cereal germ to give the germ oil and a deoiled germ residue which is
milled to give the germ flour. In an additional preferred aspect of the
present invention, said process comprises the stage of the mixing of the
germ flour with the germ oil enriched flour and with the flour obtained
from the milling of the cereals, to give the cereal germ enriched flour.
The present invention additionally relates to a product obtainable using
said process which is a cereal germ enriched cereal flour.