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AGRC 112 - Food Production > Cereal Grains > Flashcards

Cereal Grains Flashcards

1
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Why are cereal grains important?

A

Widely available (low cost), long-term storage (durable), nutrition/energy, food security, fuel, environment, economics, food, grow in different places

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What are cereals and what are they used for?

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Starchy grains from plants.
Used to make breakfast foods, flours, breads, pastas, starch’s, fermented beverages, etc.

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3
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3 components of whole grains

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Endosperm - largest part of kernal
Bran - protective outer coating
Germ - reproductive part

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4
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Gluten-free whole grains

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Amaranth, Buckwheat, Millet, Quinoa, Teff, Rice, Corn, and Sorghum

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5
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Whole grains

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Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, and Triticale

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6
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Refined/white grains

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bran and germ removed, only endosperm remain

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Enriched grains

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bran and germ are removed, then vitamins/minerals are added back

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8
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Cereal grains supply ___% of the calories and ___% of the protein in human diets

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75%, 75%

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9
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Wheat contributes more than $_________ to the Canadian economy each year

A

$11 billion

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10
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What are the kernels of cereal grains called?

A

fruits

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11
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What is the fruit of cereal grains?

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A dry, single-seeded caryopsis that remains intact on maturity

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12
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Parts of the bran

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Pericarp/seed coat
Seed coat/testa

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13
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Parts of the endosperm

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Aleurone
Starchy endosperm

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14
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Pericarp/fruit coat

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Protects and supports the growth of the endosperm and embryo

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15
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Seed coat/testa

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pigmented layer

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16
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Aleurone

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Layer on the inside of the bran that contains most of the minerals, vitamins antioxidants, and lignins

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17
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Starchy endosperm

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major storage tissue

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18
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Composition of cereal grains

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Starch, protein, fibre. lipid, and minerals

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19
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Dry milling

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Main purpose is to separate the endosperm from the germ and bran

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20
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Wet milling

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Separate constituents such as starch, gluten, oils, etc. Mainly used for wheat and corn

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21
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Wheat origin

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Middle East

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22
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Most important commercial wheat species

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Common wheat and durum wheat

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23
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Wheat is ______ in sulfur amino acids, _________ in lysine

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Rich, deficient

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24
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Utilization of wheat

A

Roller-milled or stone-ground into flour, fermentation, wet milling, and feed

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25
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Objectives of roller milling

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  • separation of bran, germ, and endosperm
  • reduce starchy endosperm into semolina
  • grind and sieve into a fine powder
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26
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Semolina

A

coarsely milled durum wheat

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27
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Impacts of milling

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Flour has enhanced appearance, palatability, quality, and functionality but loses nutritional value

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28
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Quality

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the degree to which something is suitable for particular end use

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29
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What affects the quality of wheat?

A

genetics and the environment

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30
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How is wheat segregated into market classes?

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growth habit, colour, hardness, protein content, gluten strength, and end-use functionality

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31
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Market classes of wheat

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Durum wheat, hard wheat, medium hardness, soft, low protein

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32
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Durum wheat market class

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Highest protein, pasta

33
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Hard wheat market class

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high protein, pan breads

34
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Medium hardness market class

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medium protein, french bread and oriental noddles

35
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Soft, low protein market class

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low protein, pastries

36
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Market class grades

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1 CWRS, #2 CWRS, #3 CWRS, CW Feed

37
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The grading system is largely ___________

A

visual

38
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Principal grading factors in wheat

A

test weight and degree of soundness

39
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Degree of soundness

A

flour yield, flour colour, dough handling properties, etc.

40
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Soundness factor

A

damage, maturity, bleaching, springing, sprouting, disease

41
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Major protein in wheat

A

Prolamins (gluten)

42
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What is gluten comprised of?

A

gliadin and glutenin proteins

43
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Gliadins

A

contributes to viscosity and extensibility of dough

44
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Glutenins

A

contributes to the cohesive and elastic nature of the dough

45
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Where is corn native to?

A

Central and South America

46
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Corn kernel structure

A

Naked caryopsis, large kernel size, large embryo

47
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Corn kernel composition compared to wheat

A
  • Higher in starch
  • Lower in protein
  • Gluten free
48
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Utilization of corn

A

Wet milled into germ, starch, and byproducts
Fuel alcohol
Roller milled into bran, germ, grits, meal, and flour

49
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Market class of corn

A
  1. Dent corn (field corn)
  2. Flint corn
  3. Popcorn
  4. Flour corn
  5. Sweet corn
50
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Dent corn (field corn)

A

White and yellow varieties that have 2 regions in the endosperm

51
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Flint corn

A

very hard endosperm, insect and disease resistant, many colour

52
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Popcorn

A

small-kernel flint corn

53
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Flour corn

A

Soft endosperm, easy to grind, used to make flour

54
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Sweet corn

A

A mutant of dent corn that has sugary endosperm when mature and starchy when mature

55
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What were the three sisters? (Iroquois)

A

Corn, bean, and squash

56
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Where is rice native to?

A

China

57
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Rice proteins is ______ in sulfur, but ____ in lysine

A

high, low

58
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Paddy (rough) rice

A

harvested with the hull intact

59
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Rice kernel characteristics

A

smaller than wheat, hard, quartz-like texture, no ventral crease, gluten-free

60
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Rice dehulling

A

removes glumes to yield brown rice

61
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What does brown rice that is abrasion-milled and polished yield?

A

white (polished) rice

62
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Rice fines

A

used as feed or extracted to produce rice bran oil

63
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What happens when paddy rice is converted/parboiled?

A

Drives nutrients from bran into starchy endosperm

64
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Primary use for barley

A

feed, malting and brewing

65
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3 market classes (barley)

A

malting, food, general purpose

66
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Malting steps

A

cleaning, steeping, germination, kilning

67
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Kilning

A

terminate germination and develop flavours, aroma, and colour

68
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Brewing steps

A

mashing, wort filtration, boiling/hopping, fermentation, and finishing

69
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Fuel alcohol

A

Mash of wheat, corn, rye, etc. that is hydrolyzed with bacterial and fungal amylases

70
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Fuel alcohol

A

Mash of wheat, corn, rye, etc. that is hydrolyzed with bacterial and fungal amylases

71
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Barley food use

A

abrasion milled into pot, and pearled barley

72
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Pearled barley

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processed to remove its fibrous outer hull and polished to remove bran layer

73
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What fibre found in rye is considered good for human food but bad in feed and brewing?

A

B-glucan

74
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Oat production

A

Most production is hulled, and whole grain is used as feed

75
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Groat

A

dehulled oat kernal

76
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How groat stabilized before processing?

A

heating to inactivate lipase

77
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Rye uses

A

bread, alcoholic beverages, and commonly grown as forage crop

78
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Pseudo cereals

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non-grassy plant used in same manner as cereals (quinoa, buckwheat, etc.

AGRC 112 - Food Production (7 decks)

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