produce grain GRAIN A grain is a small, hard, dry seed, with or without an attached hull or fruit layer, harvested for human or animal consumption COMPONENTS OF GRAIN ANATOMY OF A GRAIN Grains are divided into 2 subgroups:
Whole Grains
Whole grains contain the entire grain kernel ― the
bran, germ, and endosperm. Examples of whole grains include whole-wheat flour, bulgur (cracked wheat), oatmeal, whole cornmeal, and brown rice. Refined Grains
have been milled, a
process that removes the bran and germ. This is done to give grains a finer texture and improve their shelf life, but it also removes dietary fiber, iron, and many B vitamins. NATIVE OR NATURAL STARCH These are starches coming from a plant . Seperated from grains and tubers by a process called PURIFIED WET MILLING . This procedure employs various STARCH technique of grinding , screening, and centrifuging to separate the starch from fiber oil, protein. MODIFIED Starches that have been altered physically and chemically, to modify one or more of STARCHES its key chemical and/or physical property TYPES OF CEREAL JENNIE ANN F. RAMOS WHEAT Wheat is the most common cereal produced in the western world and it is used in making bread, muffins, noodles, pasta, biscuits, cakes, pastries, confectionery and other culinary applications. OATS Oats are one of the hardest cereals. They are either rolled into flakes or ground into tin rolled three grades of oatmeal: coarse, medium, and fine. Oats are used in rolled oats-porridge, oatmeal- porridge, thickening soups, coating food, cakes, and biscuits. BARLEY Barley is made of pearl barley when the grains are husked, steamed, rounded, and polished. Pearl barley is also ground into fine flour. These products are used for making barley water for thickening soups and certain stews. When roasted, barley is changed into malt and as such is used extensively in the brewing and distilling of vinegar. MAIZE Maize is also known as corn, sweetcorn or corn-on- the cob and besides being served as a vegetable, it is processed into cornflakes and corn flour. Maize yields good oil suitable for cooking. RICE Rice is classified according to its mode of cultivation, grain length and texture. It comes from various forms depending on its type and the way it is processed. These are white, converted, instant, brown, wild, glutinous, specialty rice bran and wild rice.