The present invention provides a mean of solving the problem of production
of a novel processed product of barleys and wheat having scorch smell and
cereal odor suppressed and being capable of imparting taste richness,
body taste, crispness and dry feeling to beverage and food products by
producing husks of barleys, ryes, or oats or a fraction containing the
same with a fluid at 160 to 220.degree. under conditions of a lowered
oxygen concentration.