Malting at low moisture
AssigneePollock and Pool Limited
InventorsJames Richard Allan Pollock, Alan Aldred Pool
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Abstract
This invention relates to malting, i.e. the conversion of cereal grain to malt. The invention provides a method of malting in which cereal grain is submitted to at least one treatment designed to rupture its surface without damaging the germinative ability of the grain, the grain is steeped, the moisture content of the said steeped and treated grain being insufficient to allow, during 5 days' subsequent storage in presence of air at 16.degree. C, a growth of roots having a dry weight equal to more than 0.5% of the dry weight of the grain; treating such grain with gibberellic acid, exposing the grain to air and drying the grain.
Claims11
In a method of malting a cereal grain which comprises:
- steeping cereal grain in water;
- allowing the steeped grain to germinate during which time the grain develops roots and undergoes a series of chemical and physical changes with the production of enzymes which render the grain capable of yielding a high percentage of extractable material when ground and extracted with hot water;
- treating the grain with gibberellic acid;
- exposing the grain to air;
- and drying the germinated grain;
- the improvement which comprises:
- rupturing the surface of the cereal grain without damaging the germinative ability of the grain;
- and
- providing water during germination in an amount insufficient to allow a root growth having a dry weight equal to more than 0.59% of the dry weight of the grain if the grain were allowed to germinate for five days in the presence of air at 16.degree. C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.