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EVALUATION OF BARLEY AND MALT QUALITY USING NEAR‐INFRARED REFLECTANCE TECHNIQUES
Author(s) -
Henry R. J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of the institute of brewing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.523
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2050-0416
pISSN - 0046-9750
DOI - 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1985.tb04362.x
Subject(s) - endosperm , potassium bromate , aleurone , chemistry , near infrared reflectance spectroscopy , moisture , food science , near infrared spectroscopy , chromatography , biology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , neuroscience , detection limit
A scanning near‐infrared reflectance spectrophotometer was calibrated for the prediction of barley aleurone colour and malt moisture. The malt moisture was predicted on malt ground for the determination of malt extract (coarse grind) making the method suitable for moisture correction in malt extract estimation. Calibrations for the prediction of malt extract and endosperm modification from barley and malt were also attempted. A correlation (r= 0.851 n = 135) was found between malt hot water extract and the percentage of the endosperm estimated as being modified by microscopy following staining with Calcofluor. Probably because of this influence of modification on malt extract, the use of near‐infrared reflectance to predict malt extract was most successful at predicting the malt extract values obtained following micro‐malting in the absence of the additives, gibberellic acid and potassium bromate.