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Wu, Ying Victor |
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Submitted to: Food Science Food Technology and Nutrition Encyclopedia
Publication Type: Review Article Publication Acceptance Date: 7/21/1998 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Wheat, rice, and corn were the three largest cereal grains produced in the world in 1995 and 1996. All cereal grains contain starch as the principal component. Wheat flour, the principal refined product of dry milling wheat, is the major ingredient in many foods. Wet and dry milling of corn produce starch, food ingredients, industrial products, feeds, alcoholic beverages, and fuel ethanol. Brown rice, the edible portion of rice after hull is removed, can be processed by abrasive milling to produce white or milled rice. Brown rice and white rice are usually consumed as food after cooking. About half of the total U.S. barley crop is used for malting. Sorghum is a major feed grain in the United States. Typical products from dry milling oats are rolled oats, oat hulls, feed oats, mixed grains and seeds, and fines. Rye can be dry-milled into flours and meals for bread, crackers, and snack foods. |
