Cereals: Novel Uses and Processes

Front Matter......Page 2
Preface......Page 4
Contributors......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 0
Table of Contents......Page 10
1. The Potential of Cereals as Industrial Raw Materials: Legal, Technical, and Commercial Considerations......Page 13
2. Present and Future Uses of Cereal Starches......Page 24
3. Industrial Markets for UK-Grown Cereal Starch......Page 31
4. Flexible Polyurethane Foam Extended with Corn Starch......Page 36
5. Biodegradable Composites of Starch and Poly(Hydroxybutyrate-Co-Valerate) Copolymers......Page 43
6. Biodegradable Coatings for Thermoplastic Starch......Page 50
7. Industrial Applications for Levulinic Acid......Page 55
8. Production of Lactic Acid from Starch: Simulation and Optimization......Page 62
9. On-Line Monitoring of Enzymatic Bioprocesses by Microdialysis Sampling, Anion Exchange Chromatography, and Integrated Pulsed Electrochemical Detection......Page 67
10. Cereal Starches: Properties in Relation to Industrial Uses......Page 72
11. Grain Composition of Amaranthaceae and Chenopodiaceae Species......Page 81
12. Developing Specialty Starches from New Crops: A Case Study Using Grain Amaranth......Page 92
13. Removal Characteristics of Baked Wheat Starch Deposits Treated with Aqueous Cleaning Agents......Page 104
14. Application of Cereal Proteins in Technical Applications......Page 108
15. Mechanical and Barrier Properties of Wheat Gluten Films Coated with Polylactic Acid......Page 118
16. On-Line Measurement of Bran in Flour by Image Analysis......Page 125
17. Pretreatment of Agricultural Crop Residues for Conversion to High-Value Products......Page 132
18. Innovative Uses of Cereals for Fructose Production......Page 141
19. Straw as a Fuel......Page 150
20. Food and Non-Food Uses of Immature Cereals......Page 156
21. A Closed Biotechnological System for the Manufacture of Nonfood Products from Cereals......Page 165
22. Reduction of the Environmental Impact of Wheat Starch and Vital Wheat Gluten Production......Page 173
23. Bioethanol from Cereal Crops in Europe......Page 180
24. Determining the Profitability of a Wholecrop Biorefinery......Page 185
25. Development of a Generic Fermentation Feedstock from Whole Wheat Flour......Page 198
26. The Effect of Nutrients and alpha-Amylase Inactivation on the Fermentative Lactic Acid Production in Whole Wheat Flour Hydrolysate by Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis ATCC 19435......Page 212
27. Agricultural Residues and Cereals as Fermentation Media......Page 221
28. Functional Foods for Health: Opportunities for Novel Cereal Processes and Products......Page 225
29. Novel Natural Products from Grain Fractionation......Page 232
30. Application of Fermented Flour to Optimize Production of Premium Crackers and Bread......Page 237
31. Neuronal and Experimental Methodology to Improve Malt Quality......Page 241
32. Flour Milling Process for the 21st Century......Page 246
33. Sorghum Processing Technologies in Southern Africa......Page 254
34. Cereal Processing in New Zealand: Inversion, Diversification, Innovation, Management......Page 262
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