Abrégé

Quinoa grain products having a reduced bitter flavor with a sweet taste or crunchy texture Provided is a method of processing quinoa gram comprising the steps of pre-conditioning the quinoa grain, conditioning the pre-conditioned quinoa grain, germinating the conditioned quinoa gram, incubating the germinated quinoa grain, converting the incubated quinoa grain, and reducing the converted quinoa grain, whereby the process yields a sweet edible quinoa product The method may include moist heating and dry heating of the quinoa grain The d꧀ed edible quinoa product is particularly useful to flavor and/or texture bakery products, nut꧀tion bars, granolas, confections and chocolates The processed grain can withstand additional and/or extreme food processing and can be used as a replacement for allergenic nuts, and seeds.

Classes IPC  ?

• A23L 1/00 - Aliments ou produits alimentaires; Leur préparation ou traitement (leur conservation en général A23L 3/00)
• A23L 1/076 - Produits de l'apiculture, p.ex. gelée royale ou pollen; Leurs succédanés