Food Structure
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Abstract
Image analysis of grain morphological characteristics was examined as a possible means of predicting extraction rates of a wide variety of wheat types.
Two elevations of grain were examined and measured for the top view whole grains were used, while for the lateral view grains were sagittally bisected in the plane of the crease. Extraction rate was assessed on laboratory mills and expressed as flour yield.
Milling extraction rate correlated with one shape factor with a coefficient of 0.78. Inclusion of a second factor in a stepwise regression increased the correlation coefficient to 0.925.
No satisfactory predictor of extraction rate exists at present although some grain traders believe that high grain specific weight indicates good milling quality. Specific weights of the wheats involved in the present study were measured and a significant negative correlation with flour yield, was found.
Recommended Citation
Evers, A. D. and Withey, R. P.
(1989)
"Use of Image Analysis to Predict Milling Extraction Rates of Wheats,"
Food Structure: Vol. 8:
No.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/foodmicrostructure/vol8/iss2/4