Cereals

Question 1

What is bran?

Answer 1

Is the seed coat of a grain and the main source of fibre.

Question 2

What is cereals?

Answer 2

Are the edible seeds or grains of cultivated grasses.

Question 3

What is Dextrinisation?

Answer 3

Is the process that occurs when starch is exposed to dry heat, the starch is broken down to dextrin. Resulting in a change in colour to golden brown.

Question 4

What is flour?

Answer 4

Is the result of cereals that have been processed to a powdered or ground form.

Question 5

What is gelatinisation?

Answer 5

Is the process that occurs when starch granules absorb liquid in the presence of heat and thicken the liquid, forming a gel.

Question 6

What is gluten?

Answer 6

Is the main protein in wheat. It forms the structure of the open texture of bread.

Question 7

What is bread flour?

Answer 7

Is a flour with a high gluten content and is best suited to bread making.

Question 8

What is refined cereals?

Answer 8

Refers to cereal products from which the bran layers and germ of cereal have been removed, leaving only endosperm.

Question 9

What is syneresis?

Answer 9

Occurs on cooling and standing when many gels lose liquid and shrink.

Question 10

What is wholegrain?

Answer 10

Is the cereal which has the bran, endosperm and germ intact.

Question 11

What is wholegrain flour?

Answer 11

Is flour that contains 100 per cent of the wheat grain.