Rapidly producing stable flour from newly harvested wheat

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B02B 1/00 (2006.01) A21D 6/00 (2006.01) A23L 1/10 (2006.01) A23L 1/182 (2006.01) B02B 1/08 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2119267

The invention is directed to a method for producing wheat flour from newly harvested wheat grain. The grain direct from harvest is treated with moisture to increase the moisture content of the endosperms to a level at least about 4 to 5 wt-% greater than the original level, thereby producing hydrated wheat grain. The hydrated wheat grain is then rapidly dried to a moisture content approximating the original level of the newly harvested wheat grain to produce grain that can be efficiently milled. The milling of the treated grain produces a wheat flour that is more acceptable and desirable for baking than that produced from newly harvested wheat that is not processed according to the invention. The rapid conversion of grain from the newly harvested state to a more millable state is shown by an increase in the capacity of the milled flour to rapidly hydrate. Newly harvested grain normally increases its hydration capacity over the first two to three months after its harvest. The method of the present invention permits elimination of this aging process yet produces a flour having desirable baking characteristics.

L'invention a trait à une méthode de fabrication de farine de blé à partir de blé en grain fraîchement récolté. Ce blé est traité pour augmenter la teneur en eau des endospermes d'au moins 4 à 5 % en poids de plus que la teneur en eau initiale, ce qui permet d'obtenir du blé en grain hydraté. Ce dernier est ensuite séché rapidement afin de ramener sa teneur en eau à peu près à la teneur en eau initiale du blé en grain fraîchement récolté en vue d'obtenir un grain qui puisse être usiné efficacement. L'usinage du blé traité permet d'obtenir une farine de blé d'une qualité plus acceptable et souhaitable pour la boulangerie que celle obtenue à partir de grains fraîchement récoltés qui ne sont pas traités selon la méthode faisant l'objet de la présente invention. La transformation rapide du blé fraîchement récolté pour le rapprocher de la qualité meunière améliore la facilité d'hydratation de la farine usinée. La capacité d'hydratation du blé fraîchement récolté augmente normalement au cours des premiers deux ou trois mois après la récolte. La méthode proposée permet d'éliminer cette période de vieillissement tout en permettant de produire de la farine boulangeable.

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