Cereal Chem 65:449-452   |  VIEW ARTICLE

Prediction of Damaged Starch in Straight-Grade Flour by Near-Infrared Reflectance Analysis of Whole Ground Wheat.

P. L. Finney, J. E. Kinney, and J. R. Donelson. Copyright 1988 by the American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc. 

The amount of damaged starch generated by grinding 25 g of whole wheat samples of a Udy cyclone mill was measured by enzymatic and near-infrared reflectance (NIR) methods. High correlations were achieved between the methods. In addition, it was possible to predict the amount of damaged starch induced by controlled Allis-Chalmers and Quadrumat Junior millings by the NIR analysis of the Udy-ground samples. Hard and soft classes of wheat could usually be separated by NIR analysis of damaged starch.