| abstract |
The present invention provides a breakfast cereal for human consumption that contains at least one cereal grain and a soy material selected from soy flour, soy grits, soy flakes, a comminuted whole soybean material, or combinations thereof. The soy material contains at most 20 µmol/g raffinose and 35 µmol/g stachyose, and at least 200 µmol/g sucrose. A process for producing such a breakfast cereal is also provided in which at least one cereal grain and a soy material selected from a soy flour, soy grits, soy flakes, a comminuted whole soybean material, or combinations thereof are blended, cooked to form a cereal dough, and a ready-to-eat cereal is formed from the cereal dough. The soy material contains at most 20 µmol/g raffinose and 35 µmol/g stachyose, and at least 200 µmol/g sucrose. A process of reducing coronary heart disease risk in a human is also provided in which a cereal containing a soy material containing at most 20 µmol/g raffinose and 35 µmol/g stachyose, and at least 200 µmol/g sucrose is administered to a human. |