METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF CEREAL AND FLOUR FROM COUCHED BARLEY Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A23L1/172 C12C1/27 C12C1/02 C12C1/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to food industry and in particular to methods for production of products from cereal germs. In method according to invention after washing of barley grain on 0.001% solution of potassium permanganate, its soaking in water at the temperature of 18-25°C for 4-5 hours till moisture of 45-50% and further removal of water, alternating electric current is passed with frequency of 12-20 kHz through moist grain mass for 10-20 minutes by electrocontact method. Current force makes 10 or 12 mA per 100 g of grain mass. Then grain is couched with its periodical moistening until white germs appear with length of not more than 20 mm, avoiding green germs, and couched grain is dried till moisture of 8-10% at the temperature of not higher than 40°C. Dry mass of germs is ground down to size of 1-2 mm, and flour is separated from cereal by means of sifting of ground mass through sieves.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to optimise time of grain staying under a layer of water in process of soaking, to reduce time of grain couching stage by 30-40%, to provide for production of high-quality germs and to produce products (cereal and flour), which have a set of useful properties specific for this crop, and at the same time all the advantages of couched grain, and may be stored for a long time, without losing their properties.

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