Products and byproducts of wheat milling process

Abstract

Wheat crop is India’s prime most staple harvest, placed second to rice. It is mostly consumed in the north-west parts of the country. Since it is rich in protein, vitamin and carbohydrate, it provides a balanced diet to the consumer. Wheat milling is the process of grinding whole wheat grain and is converted into flour. Wheat flour is the most important ingredient in home baking and is the framework for almost every commercially baked product and pasta. The grains available for the production of flour, wheat is unique. It is the only cereal grain with sufficient gluten content to make a typical loaf of bread without being mixed with other grains. This study of literature was focused on the wheat morphology and it’s composition, wheat milling process, products and byproducts.