Wheat milling process and milled wheat product
AssigneeConAgra, Inc.
InventorWarner Wellman
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Abstract
Milling quality wheat is milled by first removing germ and outer bran layers amounting to approximately 8-10 % of the weight of the wheat in a pearling process. The pearled wheat is then milled in a conventional roller mill to produce flour or semolina. Unexpectedly high yields have been observed, and the process yields a milled product which is unusually high in aleurone cell wall fragments for a given ash content.
Claims8
A finely divided food grade wheat product made from milling quality durum wheat, said product having an ash content no greater than about 1.0 wt %, a measured aleurone fluroescence area of at least about 3.6%, and an average particle size no greater than that of semolina.
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