	US 12,213,508 B2
	Systems and methods for improving the performance of cereal using a silk fibroin solution and powders containing silk fibroin
Adam Behrens, Boston, MA (US); Sezin Yigit, Arlington, MA (US); Laith Abu-Taleb, Gaithersburg, MD (US); Ryan Ellis, Washington, DC (US); and Jesse Groner, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Cambridge Crops, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Cambridge Crops, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/506,771.
Application 18/506,771 is a continuation of application No. 17/820,103, filed on Aug. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,864,569.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,513, filed on Aug. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0114934 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23L 7/122 (2016.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); A23L 7/174 (2016.01); A23P 30/20 (2016.01)

CPC A23L 7/122 (2016.08) [A23L 5/10 (2016.08); A23L 7/174 (2016.08); A23P 30/20 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)]

26 Claims

1. A method of enhancing the performance of a flaked cereal and reducing the glycemic index of flaked cereal by utilizing silk fibroin comprising:

(A) obtaining the flaked cereal;

(B) producing a coating liquid having a reduced glycemic index by modifying a recipe for a coating liquid that includes a sweetener and has a first glycemic index, wherein the modification comprises substituting a silk fibroin-based input for a portion of the sweetener, and the reduced glycemic index is at least 30% less than the first glycemic index;

(C) coating the flaked cereal with the coating liquid having the reduced glycemic index to create a coated flaked cereal, wherein after submersion in a cool liquid for sixty seconds, a translucency of the coated flaked cereals coated with the coating liquid having the reduced glycemic index is less than a translucency of flaked cereals coated with the coating liquid having the first glycemic index; and

(D) drying the coated flaked cereal to cure the coating liquid having the reduced glycemic index.