The Structure of Cereal Grains and Their Products

Sammanfattning

This chapter focuses on the microstructure, at different levels, of cereal grains and their products. It overviews the structure of the grain followed by the effect of processing on the structure of different food products. Based on the microstructure of the final product, three groups are distinguished: rolled cereals and porridge, protein network-based products and starch network-based products. The main part of the grain constitutes the starchy endosperm, which consists of cells packed with nutrients, mainly starch, to support the growth of the embryonic axis after germination. The structure of cereal products such as muesli and porridge, just before their consumption, is composed of rolled whole grains or grain fragments in a continuous aqueous phase. Rolled cereal, such as oat, rye or wheat, is one of the main components of muesli. Microstructural characteristics of cereal products help define and predict their physical and health properties.

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Titel: Whole Grains and Health
Utgivare: John Wiley & Sons

SLU författare

• Langton, Maud

  • Institutionen för molekylära vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Vázquez Gutiérrez, José Luis

  • Institutionen för molekylära vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Livsmedelsvetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118939420.ch1
• ISBN: 9781118939437
• eISBN: 9781118939420

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