White Oats Processing. ProfitableBusiness Opportunities in Oat Based Products. Oatmeal Production.
Oatsare a uniquely nutritious food as they contain an excellent lipid profile andhigh amounts of soluble fiber. However, an oat kernel is largely non-digestibleand thus must be utilized in milled form to reap its nutritional benefits.Milling is made up of numerous steps, the most important being dehulling toexpose the digestible groat, heat processing to inactivate enzymes that causerancidity, and cutting, rolling or grinding to convert the groat into a productthat can be used directly in oatmeal or can be used as a foodingredient in products such as bread, ready-to-eat breakfast cereals and snackbars. Oats can also be processed into oat bran and fiber to obtainhigh-fibrecontaining fractions that can be used in a variety of foodproducts.