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Article: Oats: staple grain. (includes supplier list)
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- Food Processing
- Article date:
- May 1, 1992
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 Putman Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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All those parents who urge their children to eat their oatmeal are encouraging them toward good health and nutrition. Oats provide high quality protein and are a good source of fiber. As the years go on, people who eat their oatmeal and other oat products regularly are helping to prevent heart disease, colon cancer, and other diseases.
Oats are a basic ingredient in many of the foods people consume every day. Breads, cookies, cereals of every description, snack bars, and baby food are some of the most popular foods containing oats. Some ingredient suppliers are taking oats beyond the basics in developing new oat fiber ingredients that have fat-sparing, ...