Wednesday 26 October 2016

Terms That Describe Grain Foods

Terms That Describe Grain Foods

(Refrred by International Fitness Therapist Neeraj Mehta)

Bran The protective fibrous coating around a grain; the chief fiber donator of a grain.

Brown bread bread containing ingredients such as molasses that lend a brown color; may be made with any kind of flour, including white flour.

Endosperm the bulk of the edible part of a grain, the starchy part.

Enriched, fortified refers to the addition of nutrients to a refined food product. As defined by U.S law, these terms mean that specified levels of thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, and iron have been added to refined grains and grain products. The terms enriched and fortified can refer to the addition of more nutrients that just these five; read the label.

Germ the nutrient rich inner part of a grain.

Husk the outlet inedible part of a grain.

Refined refers to the process by which the coarse parts of food products are removed. For example, the refining of wheat into flour involves removing three of the four parts of the kernel the chaff, the bran and the germ leaving only the endosperm, composed mainly of starch and a little protein
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Stone ground refers to a milling process using limestone to grind any grain, including refined grains, into flour.

Unbleached flour a beige colored refined endosperm flour with texture and nutritive qualities that approximate those of regular white flour.

•Wheat bread bread made with any wheat flour including refined enriched white flour.

•Wheat flour any flour made from wheat including refined white flour.

•White wheat a wheat variety developed to be paler n color than common red wheat (most familier flours are made from red wheat).white wheat is similar to red wheat in carbohydrate, protein and other nutrients, but it lacks the dark and bitter, but potentially beneficial, phytochemicals of red wheat.

•100% whole grain a label term for food in which the grain is entirely whole grain, with no added refined grains.

•Whole grains refers to a grain milled in its entirety (all but the husk), not refined some examples of grains that may be whole grains are amaranth barley buck wheat , bulgar, corn (including popcorn), millet, quinoa (knee wah) brown rice, oats (including oatmeal),wheat, and wild rice.

•Whole wheat flour flour made from whole wheat kernels; a whole grain flour. Also called graham flour.

Refrencec/ web links:

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Deciphering Whole Grain Food Labels — Separating Fact From Fiction
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Terms such as “whole grain,” “multigrain,” and “fiber” are on countless boxes and packages, but as you know, this doesn't always mean these products constitute ...
Grain - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain

All about the Grains Group | Choose MyPlate
https://www.choosemyplate.gov/grains

A grain is considered to be a whole grain as long as all three original parts -- the ... The endosperm is the germ's food supply, which provides essential energy to ...
Grain | Define Grain at Dictionary.com
www.dictionary.com/browse/grain

Grain definition, a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet. ... Synonyms; Examples; Word Origin.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/cereals-and-wholegrain-foods

Wholegrain cereals are a rich source of many essential vitamins, minerals and .... When you buy wholegrain products, look for words like 'wholegrain' or ...
Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
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Grain Synonyms, Grain Antonyms | Thesaurus.com
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