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RICE, CORN OTHER

CEREALS
Rice
•Classified in the genus Oryza and species sativa

•3 subspecies of rice cultivated: indica, japonica


and javanica

•Classified as waxy/glutinous/malagkit or non-


waxy or ordinary rice.
STRUCTURE OF RICE
•Drying- to avoid mold growth that may set in.

•Rice Milling- first passes through a shaker to


remove dirt and other foreign matters. Then goes
to dehulling machine where the hulls are
removed.
Rice varieties
Rice Cookery
•Steaming- washed rice is half filled inside the
tetrahedron made by weaving strips of coconut
fronds, which is then steamed to cook.

•Fried rice- not really fried but sautéed. Garlic


and salt is the standard seasoning.
Suman
Puto
CORN
•Also known as Maize

•Ranks with wheat and rice as one of the world’s


chief grain crop

•More starch is produced from maize than any


other crop.
Corn production
•50% - USA, 25% - China, 10% - Brazil & Mexico,
22% - ASEAN
•Consuming provinces are Cebu, Bohol and
Siquijor
•60% goes to food and the balance of 40% goes
to animal feed.
Structure of Corn
Corn Varieties
Market forms
Corn cookery
•Boiling, Steaming- either be boiled or steamed.
This kind of cooking are the waxy variety and the
yellow sweet corn variety.
•Tamales- corn meal dough is prepared with
sweet savory ingredients, wrapped in trimmed
corn husks or banana leaves, then steamed.
•Binatog, Maja Blanca and Kornicks
WHEATS, OATS AND
OTHER CEREALS
Wheat
•Produced by repeated hybridization of Triticum
spp with Aegilops spp until eventually the bread
wheat was developed.

•second oldest cultivated cereal


Structure of Wheat Grain
•Bulgur- the coarsely ground product derived
from the whole wheat kernel after removal of the
bran, steaming and drying.

•Cracked Wheat- similar to bulgur except that it is


not steamed, before cracking into coarse,
medium of fine particles
•Wheat Germ- used as a dietary supplement
because of it high nutritional value, but the oil
content makes it susceptible to rancidity.

•Oats- are widely known for their high β-glucan


content.
Cereal Safety
•Aflatoxin- toxic metabolites of Aspergillus
paraciticus and Aspergillus flavus.

-When not properly dried and stored are


susceptible to mold contamination and
subsequent aflatoxin development.
•Wheat Allergy- refers specifically to adverse reactions
involving immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to one or
more protein fractions of wheat, including albumin,
globulin, gliadin and glutenin.

-allergic reactions maybe caused by ingestion wheat


containing food or inhalation of flour containing wheat.
•Gluten Intolerance or Gluten Entoropathy or
Celiac Disease- hereditary disorder of the
immune system in which eating gluten leads to
damage of the mucosa of the small intestine.

-This result in malabsorption of nutrients and


vitamins.

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