NUTR 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Corn Syrup, Threonine, Sugar Substitute
15 Oct 2016
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Grains are world"s major food crops: varieties. Corn, rice, wheat, barley = 95% of world"s grain production. Cereal derived roman goddess of agriculture ceres, whose name was derived from the verb creare (to create). Wheat, rice (converted from brown rice), corn, barley, millet, oats, rye, buckwheat. Most are used for flour, pasta, breakfast cereals (highly transformed cereal grains). In gradients of some cereals, sugar & fat come first, choose the one with cereal first. Mid-late 1800"s in the us, vegetarian craze eating meats aggressively. Dr. kellogg: vegetarian substitute for traditional breakfast of eggs & sausages. Dr. kellogg"s brother introduced kellogg"s corn flakes. Also used in alcoholic beverages and animal feeds. Most common cereal crops and their contribution to world grain production. Caryopses ( , a dry one-seed fruit in which the ovary wall is united with the seed coat, typical of grasses and cereals), or individual kernels ( , ) or grains that are similar.
