Cereal Grains
Assessing and Managing Quality

Colin Wrigley (Edited by)

9780081014592, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 19 August 2016

552 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 3.4 cm, 0.76 kg

"...a volume which is almost encyclopaedic in its coverage." --Food Science and Technology

Cereal grains are essential to our dietary needs, as well as for animal feeding and for industrial processing. Consumer needs can only be met by managing quality at all stages of the grain chain. Quality evaluation is also needed at each step for effective management. Cereal grains: assessing and managing quality provides a convenient and comprehensive overview of academic research and industry best practice in these areas.

After an initial chapter introducing the themes of the book, further chapters in Part one review cereal grain morphology and composition and the diversity of uses of cereal grains. Chapters in Part two convey the characteristics and quality requirements of particular cereals, including wheat, rye, corn and rice. The use of analytical methods at different stages of the value-addition chain is the subject of Part three. The final section in the book reviews factors affecting grain quality such as breeding, storage and grain processing, and also possible future developments.

With its expert team of editors and authors, Cereal grains: assessing and managing quality is a valuable reference for all those involved in the production and processing of cereal grains worldwide.

Part 1 Cereal grain quality: An introduction: An introduction to the cereal grains: Major providers for mankind’s food needs
Cereal-grain morphology and composition
The diversity of uses for cereal grains. Part 2 Characteristics and quality requirements of specific cereals: Wheat: Characteristics and quality requirements
Rye and triticale: Characteristics and quality requirements
Barley: Characteristics and quality requirements
Oats: Characteristics and quality requirements
Corn: Characteristics and quality requirements
Rice: Characteristics and quality requirements
Sorghum and millets: Characteristics and quality requirements. Part 3 Grain quality analysis: Analysis of grain quality at receival
Identification of grain variety and quality type
Food safety aspects of grain and cereal product quality. Part 4 Grain quality management: Breeding for grain-quality traits
The effects of growth environment and agronomy on grain quality
Maintaining grain quality during storage and transport
Processing wheat to optimise product quality
Grain quality: The consumer, the scientist, the technologist and the future. Part 5 Appendices: Composition of grains and grain products
Equivalence between metric and US units for the grain industry.

Subject Areas: Food & beverage technology [TDCT]