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The purpose of flour milling is to isolate the starchy endosperm in as pure a state as possible, uncontaminated by other germ or bran.
The process of flour milling dates back to Egyptian and earlier times. There are illustrations from ancient inscriptions showing grain being crushed using a mortar and pestle.
The first rotary mill was developed 2300 years ago in Mesopotamia. The millstone were first hand operated, then driven by animals and finally driven by water power.
In ancient Rome the mill and the bakery were the very same enterprise. The grain were milled and worked up without delay to dough and bread.
Around the Mediterranean and possibly also in China during the first half of the first millennium BC, there were two sophisticated versions of the handmill the hopper-rubber and the lever mill.
By that time, milling became a profession because of the improvement of milling tools and production of surplus products.
Millstone dominated the process used to produce flour until the 1870s when roller mills began to supplement them on a large scale, because of the superior flour that could be produced using them.
In 1842, Thomas Kingsford, who first invented a process for the manufacture of starch from maize, founded the cornstarch refining industry.
The basic principles relied upon by Kingsford are still used in the wet milling industry, though many technical improvements have been made.
Moving to the milling process proper, it was in 1878 that Henry Simon took 19 British millers, to Hungary to view the all steel rollermill invention.
During the latter half of the 19th century the present concept of a gradual reduction in the milling of wheat was developed which improved the flour color. During this period middling purifiers also appeared which helped the removal of the branny material.
History of cereal milling
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History of cereal milling
The purpose of flour milling is to isolate the starchy endosperm in as pure a state as possible, uncontaminated by other germ or bran.
The process of flour milling dates back to Egyptian and earlier times. There are illustrations from ancient inscriptions showing grain being crushed using a mortar and pestle.
The first rotary mill was developed 2300 years ago in Mesopotamia. The millstone were first hand operated, then driven by animals and finally driven by water power.
In ancient Rome the mill and the bakery were the very same enterprise. The grain were milled and worked up without delay to dough and bread.
Around the Mediterranean and possibly also in China during the first half of the first millennium BC, there were two sophisticated versions of the handmill the hopper-rubber and the lever mill.
By that time, milling became a profession because of the improvement of milling tools and production of surplus products.
Millstone dominated the process used to produce flour until the 1870s when roller mills began to supplement them on a large scale, because of the superior flour that could be produced using them.
In 1842, Thomas Kingsford, who first invented a process for the manufacture of starch from maize, founded the cornstarch refining industry.
The basic principles relied upon by Kingsford are still used in the wet milling industry, though many technical improvements have been made.
Moving to the milling process proper, it was in 1878 that Henry Simon took 19 British millers, to Hungary to view the all steel rollermill invention.
During the latter half of the 19th century the present concept of a gradual reduction in the milling of wheat was developed which improved the flour color. During this period middling purifiers also appeared which helped the removal of the branny material.
History of cereal milling
- Sugar Processing During Ancient Time
The processing of sugar products was one of the first extensive agro-industrial operations in the world. In ancient and early medieval times, the Mediterranean did not know sugar; sweetening came from honey and fruit juices. The sugarcane itself...
- Cereal Flake Breakfast
In 1894, flaked breakfast cereal was accidently invented by Seventh Day Adventist Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. He and his younger brother Will Kellogg found a new way of processing corn: they steamed and soften the kernels, added flavorings and then flattened...
- Wheat In History
Wheat is an ancient grain. Thought to have originated in southwestern Asia, it has been consumed as a food for more than 12,000 years. Wild grasses resembling wheat in various degrees have been found in many parts of the world. On southwestern Europe...
- Ancient Of History Of Bread
The Mesopotamians were the first to try growing and eating different kinds of grains mixed with water which they baked or boiled over fire. Wheat has been found in pits where human settlements flourished 8,000 years ago. The ancient Greeks and Romans...
- Ancient Hot Cereal
Beginning about 4000 BC, hot cereal was a favorite meal of the Incas, who inhabited South American’s west coast. Cook used quihuicha, a species of amaranth, to make a traditional meal. Amaranth actually was an ancient grain eaten for centuries in central...