What Happens to a Grain When it is Milled?

Do you like cakes? You must love them, but have you ever wondered about the story behind the flour that is used to create such a heavenly sweet thing? Well, wheat is what converts into flour and then into your cake.

Wheat is an essential part of our diet without which no Indian’s food is complete! But do you know where it comes from?

Do you like cakes? You must love them, but have you ever wondered about the story behind the flour that is used to create such a heavenly sweet thing? Well, wheat is what converts into flour and then into your cake.
Wheat is an essential part of our diet without which no Indian’s food is complete! But do you know where it comes from? The thing is when grain is ground in a flour mill machine, it converts into wheat. The wheat grinding machines are basically the connector that makes the whole process of this transformation complete.
So, today, we are going to know what actually happens to a grain when it is milled by a flour mill machine. Take a look:

There are hundreds of varieties of wheat that are milled in the mill plants. During the milling process, the various parts of the wheat grain are used to create different flour types.

The days of milling process that involved grinding the grains of wheat between the two large wheels are long gone. Now, the modern wheat grinding machines do the whole job. It consists of steel rollers that sit a bit apart from each other.

The wheat is first cleaned and conditioned which is then blended. Here, different kinds of wheat are combined to produce a mix that can, later on, create a fine quality of flour.

During the milling process, the wheat grain gets fragmented into various parts that are separated when it is passed through the arrangement of sieves that is quite a bit complex. The wheat is not crushed but rather split open to separate its two skins.

The white endosperm particles of wheat are known as semolina that is further channeled into deduction rolls for final milling where it converts into white flour. The wholemeal flour has all the parts of grain while brown flour doesn’t include any wheat germ and has also less amount of bran.
During this modern milling process, the bran particles are removed from the endosperm. The endosperm is grounded into the flour while ground stock gets sifted. The final part of the whole milling process is sifting after which the flour is automatically packed into the bags that are then sent to the shops for the selling. The leftover part that is bran is sometimes used as an animal feeder or in breakfast cereals.

At these milling plants, proper inspections and tests are made for the healthy production of flour. However, the heating processes destroy any pathogens present in the flour and reduce the risk of foodborne illness.
The nutritional value of the flour is not at all determined by the method of milling but if it is wholemeal, brown or white.

 

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Moving Towards Self Reliance: Nigeria Set To Shun Rice Imports

Just like a lot of other countries, Nigeria’s staple food item is rice. It’s one of the largest importers of rice in the African continent. Africa’s most populous country is also the largest consumer of rice. What’s troubling is the fact that it still relies on the imports to satiate its growing rice consumption needs.

Just like a lot of other countries, Nigeria’s staple food item is rice. It’s one of the largest importers of rice in the African continent. Africa’s most populous country is also the largest consumer of rice. What’s troubling is the fact that it still relies on the imports to satiate its growing rice consumption needs. Over the last few years, Nigeria imported as much as 17 million tons of rice and as stated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the rice importation exceeded by 2.3 million tons in 2016. Nigeria consumes about 6.5 tons of rice annually and less than half of it is produced locally. The paucity arising from the rice importations costs Nigeria over $2 billion annually.

As import duties on goods escalated, rice prices in the country increased drastically. After the rice shortages during the grain crisis, the President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari decided to channelize all his attention towards rice plantation and announced several plans to boost rice production by the end of 2017.

The dwindling scenario is changing slowly as small and commercial farmers are investmenting in rice production. The little success that this movement facilitated was visible in the Variety of Rice available in the marketplaces during country’s last festive season. Nigerians have started to demand locally produced rice owing to the fact that it is much more nutritious than the one that’s sourced, given that the country’s leading rice millers have started processing paddy as proficiently as their foreign counterparts. This increase in the awareness and demand has fueled the local rice production. Further, analysts claim that in the face of dwindling oil revenues, the federal and state governments; through Central Bank of Nigeria, drove certain campaigns to encourage local rice production, which was another important factor that led to a surge in the produce. To further escalate the production, the Nigerian government increased the allocated budget to $302 million, which increased the production by 500%, in comparison to 2016.

However, some analysts claim that the surge in Nigeria’s production is chiefly due to the massive investment by the agri-firm giant, Olam Nigeria Limited. Olam integrated a multi-billion dollar Rice Mill that had the capacity to produce 65,000 metric tons of rice annually and further increased the cultivated land to 10,000 hectares, which brings their total investment to $111 million. Combined with aircrafts to plant rice, apply fertilizers, 9 tractors and 11 combine harvesters, Olam is currently developing a 10,000 hectare, fully-mechanized paddy farm.

It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Nigeria has a huge potential to expand its rice production. Rice isn’t willed into existence, it needs to sown and cultivated systematically. The sector was neglected for a very long time. The government’s intervention has been remarkable but, still modest compared to the growing demand.

 

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Rice Mill Consultant Tells You How To Fix Water Damaged Phone With Rice

Losing sleep because your phone fell in water? The best rice mill consultant in Delhi & NCR, Nextech Solutions, is today sharing with you this life hack – what to do when the phone falls in the water. But why are we sharing it? You may have guessed it, the hack is to do with rice!

Losing sleep because your phone fell in water? The best rice mill consultant in Delhi & NCR, Nextech Solutions, is today sharing with you this life hack – what to do when the phone falls in the water. But why are we sharing it? You may have guessed it, the hack is to do with rice! And over the past few months, we have covered from news stories pertaining to the grain and seed industry Such as the Andhra rice miller lobby blamed to the use of current technology in flour milling. Anyway, without further ado, let’s get to the life hack!

For one, a water damaged phone may seem dead. But it is often possible to revive it through this method.

Acting fast is of key importance. To start with, remove the battery & SIM card from the phone and shake the device to get rid of as much water as possible. Retrieving the SIM would safeguard it against any damage. (Even though they survive water damage well) Your SIM is valuable because it contains contacts and other data.

Using paper napkins/ towels, dry the phone to the best of your ability.

Now, stash the smartphone and the battery into a bowl of uncooked rice. Leave overnight.

Do NOT, and I repeat, do not ever attempt drying the mobile in a microwave.

While leaving the water damaged phone into a bowl of rice is not a sure shot way of saving it, the method is often successful, with the rice absorbing the moisture.

And that is it from your favourite Storage Silo Project Consultant for this week! Good Luck with your phone!

 

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What Happens At a Flour Mill?

Dry/uncooked grains go through a process to form Flour. It is an essential component of our food cycle especially in a country like India. It is the major component of bread which is a staple diet all across the world. Grinding and pulverizing of the cereal takes place in a process called ‘milling’ in flour mills.

Dry/uncooked grains go through a process to form Flour. It is an essential component of our food cycle especially in a country like India. It is the major component of bread which is a staple diet all across the world. Grinding and pulverizing of the cereal takes place in a process called ‘milling’ in flour mills. Wheat is the most common ingredient to make flours but other ingredients like oats, rice and corn could also be milled to get flour. There are 4 main components that make wheat flour: Gluten, Germ, Bran and Endosperm.

The major varieties of flour consumed all across India are Sooji/Rawa, Atta, Maida, Bran etc. Atta, Sooji & Maida help produce most of the staple diets meant for consumption like chapatti, sweets, and bakery-based products respectively. The bran separated after milling could be used as cattle feed.

Flour Mill Processes

The prehistoric times have witnessed Flour Milling. Obviously the methods of milling were different. The ancient methods had ‘stone grinding’ methods at their heart.

Many rural households still use the traditional techniques to grind wheat. These include a mortar and pestle (stone club), quern and the saddle stone. Another important method used in villages is a grinding functionary called ‘Dhinki’. Dhinki needs at least two people to function.

As population increased, demand also increased. People wanted better quality flours. Hence, Modern Flour Milling Machines arrived which replaced most of the traditional methods. Originating in Hungary in the late 1800’s, spinning metal rollers came into production. Over the years, scientists have innovated & developed roller mills which are faster and give high quality flours.

 

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Flour Milling Process

Flour is the finely ground powdered material obtained from food crops like wheat, corns, and pulses. Wheat flour is the most common and is used in the production of bread. The dough is prepared from the wheat flour and is used to bake pieces of bread out of it. Dough prepared from the flour contains gluten which is enriched in proteins.

What is Flour?

Flour is the finely ground powdered material obtained from food crops like wheat, corns, and pulses. Wheat flour is the most common and is used in the production of bread. The dough is prepared from wheat flour and is used to bake pieces of bread out of it. Dough prepared from the flour contains gluten which is enriched in proteins. It is gluten where gases produced from yeast and other bacteria make the dough fluffy and eventually softer.

 

Process of Flour Milling And Grinding 

 In ancient times grinding was done by sliding rocks with wheat in between. It was a great technology for that time period. Thankfully, we have the much better technology to serve us today. Let us divide this section into subheadings to go into details of Flour Milling:

  • Cleaning the Wheat – The wheat obtained from the fields is not in the best of conditions and it is obligatory to clean it thoroughly before any other thing. There is a device called separator that does the job here as it removes the unwanted particles and adulterations from the raw material. Then there are aspirators which aim at removing minute particles which are much lighter than wheat grains.

 

  • Preparing the Raw Material – Once the cleaning phase is over, we can proceed further to prepare the raw material for grinding purposes. Here the wheat is dried to make sure that extra moisture is taken care of. Also, wheat is sometimes conditioned with hot water or cold water treatments. Conditioning helps in improving the quality of the raw materials.

 

  • Grinding – This is the real action; here the raw material is ground to make a powder out of the wheat grains. First of all, all types of grains are blended well to form a batch of the raw material.

 

Now, this batch is introduced to two big rollers which are ready to crush each grain into powder. These rollers are called breaker rolls. With the help of filters, the powder is collected according to their particles sizes. The finer particles with finest ones are collected at one place. With the help of vibrations, cleaning is done at this stage as well. Upon vibration, the lighter particles skip the heavier ones.

 

  • Processing – Now we have the flour with us, we just need to process it. In other words, this is the final touch before the flour is packed and dispatched. In this phase, bleaching and oxidizing agents are used to ensure good quality of the wheat flour.

These four stages sum up The Process of Flour Milling. Now the flour is ready to be used, rather baked into breads.

 

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