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Disclosed are multicolored cereal pieces and methods of preparation. In preferred embodiments, the cereal pieces have an upper layer and a bottom layer, at least one of which layer is characterized by regions of a plurality of different colors. The methods for fabricating the present multicolored ce

Disclosed are multicolored cereal pieces and methods of preparation. In preferred embodiments, the cereal pieces have an upper layer and a bottom layer, at least one of which layer is characterized by regions of a plurality of different colors. The methods for fabricating the present multicolored cereal pieces involves preparing separate segregated quantities of low moisture, free flowing cooked cereal dough pellets of individual colors, separately cooling the separate quantities of pellets, admixing the separate batches while cool with low shear mixing to form a blended assortment of multicolored free flowing pellets, warming the pellets, sheeting the pellets to form a sheet with regions of various colors, forming individual pieces from the sheet and finishing the pieces to form R-T-E cereals with multiple colors.

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A method for preparing a single layer multicolored R-T-E cereal piece, comprising the steps of: A. providing a plurality of separate segregated quantities of low moisture cooked cereal pellets, comprising a first and second quantity of cooked cereal pellets, said first quantity of warm pellets havin

A method for preparing a single layer multicolored R-T-E cereal piece, comprising the steps of: A. providing a plurality of separate segregated quantities of low moisture cooked cereal pellets, comprising a first and second quantity of cooked cereal pellets, said first quantity of warm pellets having a first color and said second quantity of warm pellets having a second color, wherein all the cereal pellets have a temperature ranging from about 255°to 310°F., and a moisture content ranging from about 18% to 26% by weight; B. separately cooling the quantities of warm, low moisture pellets to a temperature ranging from about 60°to 120°F. while maintaining the moisture content to form cooled low moisture pellets; C. admixing the cooled, low moisture pellets while cool with low shear mixing to form a mixed assortment of cooled, low moisture pellets of first and second color; D. heating the assortment of pellets to a temperature of about 160°to 180°F. to soften the pellets to form an assortment of warm, softened pellets having a moisture content of about 18% to 26% by weight; E. sheeting the pellets to form a sheet comprising a plurality of regions of random shape, each region having only one color; F. forming the sheet into pieces; and G. forming the pieces into ready-to-eat cereal pieces.