PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cereal powder capable of sustaining a natural composition of edible parts of a cereal as much as possible, holding health functional components contained in the cereal, and being produced at a low cost and an application food using the same with excellent outer appearance and flavor.SOLUTION: The powder is made of crushed grains of at least one kind of cereal selected from a group including barley and oats. The average grain diameter is in the range of 40-100 &mum, the content of grains whose diameter is less than 20 &mum is not more than 20 mass%, the content of grains whose diameter is in the range of 20-100 &mum is in the range of 20-60 mass%, the content of grains whose diameter is in the range from larger than 100 &mum to 500 &mum is in the range of 20-60 mass%, and the content of grains whose diameter is larger than 500 &mum is not more than 5%. The food produced from raw materials containing at least 5% of the cereal powder is also provided. The method for producing the cereal powder includes a step for grinding the cereal grains into coarse powder and a step for finely grinding the obtained coarse powder. The fine grinding is conducted by air-stream fine grinding at a material temperature of 50°C or lower.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】穀物の可食部の天然組成をできる限り維持し、含有する健康機能成分を保持し、かつ低コストで製造可能な穀物粉体とそれを使用した外観と呈味性の優れた応用食品を提供する。【解決手段】大麦及びオーツ麦から成る群から選ばれる少なくとも1種の穀物の穀粒の粉砕品からなる粉体。平均粒子径が40~100μmの範囲であり、粒子径20μm未満の粒子の含有量が20質量%以下であり、粒子径20~100μmの範囲の粒子の含有量が20~60質量%の範囲であり、粒子径100μm超~500μmの範囲の粒子の含有量が20~60質量%の範囲であり、かつ、粒子径500μm超の粒子の含有量が5%以下である。この穀物粉体を少なくとも5%以上配合した原料から製造された食品。穀粒を粗粉に粉砕する工程と、得られた粗粉を微粉砕する工程を含み、前記微粉砕は気流式微粉砕によって品温を50℃以下で粉砕することで行われる、上記穀物粉体の製造方法。【選択図】なし
