Cereals Flashcards
What are cereals
A grain or seed such a s corn or wheat that is used in forms such as grains or flour
What are staple foods
The main part of the meal that provide nutrients from the basis of a traditional diet.
Examples of staple foods
Pasta , bread, rice, potatoes, lentils , corn,
Nutrition value of cereals
Starchy carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, and dietary fibre
Wheat can produce
Flour, biscuits, cakes, pasta
Facts on wheat
Most common in the uk, growna in many different solis
Structure of wheat
Endosperm,bran, germ
What is the endosperm in wheat
The main part that contains starch and proteins
Bran in wheat
The layer that covers the grain full of dietary fibre
Germ in wheat
The embryo of the plant that source of fat and vitamins B
Process of milling
Check quality, cleaning( taking out sticks and non what) ,grinding, sifting,quality standard
Check.
Grinding , sifting, separating, regrinding
After milling
The flour must the be sifting, separated regrinding made with nutrients, to make into different flours. Such as bleach.
Types of wheat flour
Whole meal ( nothing is added or taken)brown 85% original grain but germ removed) white (10-72% grain germ removed and most of bran)
Iron and calcium absorption in whole meal flour
Physics acid in wheat bran can limit ( the question) but can reduce cancers
What is the process to get flour from wheat
Primary processing