Cooked cereal dough products are provided that are fortified with calcium
from multiple sources, at least a major portion of which is supplied by
calcium phosphate salts having an median particle size of 2 to 15 .mu.m.
Dried cereal finished products such as Ready-To-Eat breakfast cereals are
fabricated from cooked cereal doughs that can comprise even lightly
colored cereal materials. Methods for preparing such calcium fortified
cooked cereal compositions and dried cereal finished food products
essentially comprise: A. providing a calcium fortified cooked cereal
dough or mass containing multiple calcium sources, at least a portion of
which is supplied by calcium phosphate; B. forming the lightly colored
calcium fortified cereal dough into pieces; and, C. drying the pieces to
form the finished food products fortified with high levels of calcium,
preferably puffed RTE cereal pieces.