IP Library Granted Patent US 12696917
Granted Patent B2
US 12696917 · App. 18/243,862 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Preparation method of easy-to-cook whole grain based on microwave-induced cracking

Inventors: Shuwen Lu (Harbin, CN); Chuanying Ren (Harbin, CN); Bin Hong (Harbin, CN); Shan Zhang (Harbin, CN); Dixin Sha (Harbin, CN); Junran Feng (Harbin, CN); Di Yuan (Harbin, CN); Bo Li (Harbin, CN)
Assignee: Institute of Food Processing, HAAS
A23L7/197A23L5/13A23L5/34A23L7/196
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Patent No.
US 12696917
App. No.
18/243,862
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a preparation method of an easy-to-cook whole grain based on microwave-induced cracking, and belongs to the technical field of food processing. In the present disclosure, the preparation method of an easy-to-cook whole grain includes the following steps: subjecting a whole grain to a heat-moisture treatment, and conducting short-time microwave-induced cracking, tempering, and cooling to obtain the easy-to-cook whole grain. The easy-to-cook whole grain obtained by the preparation method of the present disclosure has a complete grain, a slightly-expanded volume, and fine cracks on its surface. Compared with unprocessed whole grains, the easy-to-cook whole grain has a water absorption increased from 1.35 times to 1.9 times an original weight of the unprocessed whole grains during rice steaming.

Claims (8)

1 . A preparation method of an easy-to-cook whole grain based on microwave-induced cracking, the preparation method comprising following steps in sequence:

subjecting a whole grain to a heat-moisture treatment, and conducting microwave-induced cracking in a continuous microwave processing device, tempering the whole grain in a tempering chamber for 10 min to 15 min such that the whole grain after tempering has a temperature of 40-50° C., with a discharge speed is consistent with a feeding rate in the tempering chamber, and cooling the whole grain to obtain the easy-to-cook whole grain,

wherein the heat-moisture treatment is conducted by boiling water, and

wherein the short-time microwave-induced cracking is conducted at 21 kW to 30 kW for 60 sec to 90 sec.

2 . The preparation method according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-moisture treatment is conducted for 10 sec to 30 sec.

3 . The preparation method according to claim 1 , wherein during the short-time microwave-induced cracking, a bed layer of the whole grain has a thickness of 8 mm to 10 mm and a width of 600 mm to 800 mm.

4 . The preparation method according to claim 2 , wherein a movement speed of the bed layer of the whole grain is 8 m/min to 10 m/min.

5 . The preparation method according to claim 1 , wherein the whole grain comprises brown rice, black rice, oat, and highland barley.