| MBAA TQ doi:10.1094/TQ-46-1-0226-01 |
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Corn Size Distribution, Cold Water Extract, and Diastatic
Power in Relation to Malted Barley Quality |
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Reginald C. Agu. The Scotch Whisky Research
Institute, Research Avenue North, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP,
Scotland, UK.
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Abstract
The results of this study provide more evidence that when barley
corns of different sizes are mixed together in a germination box during
malting, homogeneous modification is difficult to achieve. A very strong
negative relationship (R = –0.73) was found when the percentage of
thin corns (<2.2-mm sieve) was correlated with diastatic power (DP)
development. When correlation between the percentage of intermediate corns
(2.2-mm sieve) and DP was performed, a similarly strong negative
correlation resulted (R = –0.63). The study also showed that as the
corn size distribution in barley malt decreased from higher percentages of
thin (<2.2-mm sieve) or intermediate (2.2-mm sieve) corns to lower
percentages, implying a higher percentage of large corns (2.8- to 2.5-mm
sieve), the correlation results moved from a negative to a positive
correlation, because the relationship between DP and large corns were
strongly positively correlated (R = 0.69). Furthermore, the
relationship between cold water extract (CWE) and corn size distribution
showed that thin and intermediate corns modified at a faster rate, because
a direct relationship was found between CWE and thin (<2.2 mm) and
intermediate (2.2 mm) corns, corresponding to R = 0.47 and 0.43,
respectively. In contrast, large corns modified at a slower rate,
producing a negative inverse relationship between large corn size and CWE
(R = –0.49).
Keywords: barley, cold water extract, corn size, diastatic power,
malt quality |
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Síntesis
Los resultados de este estudio se suman a la evidencia que
demuestra que se dificulta llevar a cabo una modificación homogénea en el
malteo cuando granos de cebada de diferentes tamaños se mezclan en una
caja de germinación. Se consiguió una correlación fuertemente negativa (R
= –0.73) entre el porcentaje de granos finos (cedazo de <2.2 mm) y el
desarrollo del poder diastástico (DP). Hubo una correlación similar (R
= –0.63) entre el porcentaje de granos intermedios (2.2 mm) y el
desarrollo del DP. El estudio también demostró que al bajar los
porcentajes de granos finos y de granos intermedios, es decir, al aumentar
el porcentaje de granos mayores (2.5–2.8 mm), la correlación pasaba de
negativo a positivo debido a que la relación entre el porcentaje de granos
mayores y el DP es fuertemente positiva (R = 0.69). Es más, se
obtuvo una correlación positiva entre el extracto en agua fría (CWE) y
granos finos o granos intermedios (R = 0.47 y R = 0.43,
respectivamente), demostrando que los granos finos e intermedios se
modifican a una mayor velocidad que los granos mayores que mostraron una
correlación negativa entre el tamaño y el CWE (R = –0.49).
Palabras claves: calidad de malta, cebada, CWE (extracto agua fría),
poder diastástico, tamaño de grano
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