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Effect of sample size on the micro‐malting of barley
Author(s) -
Henry Robert J.,
McLean Bruce T.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740350713
Subject(s) - steeping , yield (engineering) , moisture , water content , food science , chemistry , agronomy , biology , materials science , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , metallurgy , engineering
Steep moisture, malt moisture, malt yield, malt extract and extract yield were determined when barley samples in the range 5–100 g were subjected to the same malting procedure. Smaller samples took up more water during steeping, and produced malts with a higher moisture content. This led to a lower malt yield and a higher malt extract and extract yield for small samples. The malt moisture, malt extract and extract yield determinations on 5 g samples were of similar precision to those on 100 g samples, while the steep moisture and malt yield were more variable with the small sample.