Cereals and Baking

Question 0

What are the 3 parts of the cereal grain?

Answer 0

Bran: fibre,iron and vitamins.
Endosperm: starch and protien.
Germ: protein,fat and vitamin.

Question 1

Cereals

Answer 1

Are the seeds or grains of edible grass eg:wheat,rice,rye and oats.

Question 2

What does Wholegrain contain?

Answer 2

All or most of the cereal grain eg: wholemeal flour,wholemeal bread and brown rice.

Question 3

Refined cereals

Answer 3

Products are mainly composed of endosperm eg:white flour,white bread and white rice.

Question 4

Fortified

Answer 4

Nutrients lost during processing or extra nutrients are added in eg:breakfast cereals.

Question 5

Effects of cooking on cereals.

Answer 5

1. Starch becomes more digestible.
2. Starch grains swell and burst eg:popcorn.
3. The grains absorb liquid eg:rice absorbs water.