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Effect of Moisture Content on Physical Properties and Milling Quality of Wheat
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Xin HE, Mengmeng LI, Jingtong WANG, Ruihu WANG, Sucheng ZHANG, Yunfei SONG, Shuo YANG, Ke BIAN*
Science and Technology of Food Industry | 2026, 47(18) : 75 - 84
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Science and Technology of Food Industry | 2026, 47(18): 75-84
• Food Components and Quality Mechanisms •
Effect of Moisture Content on Physical Properties and Milling Quality of Wheat
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Xin HE, Mengmeng LI, Jingtong WANG, Ruihu WANG, Sucheng ZHANG, Yunfei SONG, Shuo YANG, Ke BIAN*
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Published: 2026-09-15 doi: 10.13386/j.issn1002-0306.2025070385
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In this study, 'Zheng 103' (hard wheat) and 'Yang 15' (soft wheat) were used as raw materials, and the moisture content was adjusted to 6%, 8%, 10%, 12%, 14% and 16% by conditioning and drying the wheat to investigate the effects of moisture content on the physical properties, mechanical properties, milling performance of wheat, and the quality of wheat flour after milling, so as to provide theoretical support for the application of low-moisture milling. The results showed that: With the decrease of moisture content, the wheat appeared to be wrinkled and the geometrical size decreased; The bulk density and hardness appeared to be significantly increased (P<0.05), and the thousand kernel weight was significantly decreased (P<0.05). When moisture was reduced from 16% to 6%, the rupture force of wheat kernels was elevated, but the energy consumed to undergo 50% deformation was reduced by 61% and 73% for 'Zheng 103' and 'Yang 15', respectively. The milling energy constants were reduced by 46.7% and 47.5% (corrected on a 14% wet basis), the milling rate was increased by 16.4% and 20.6%, and the energy consumption for milling was reduced by 48.0% and 45.2% (corrected on a 14% wet basis). The wheat flour protein, lipids, dietary fiber and other nutrients increased significantly (P<0.05). Ash content increased by 144.6%, 135.0% (corrected on a dry basis), and the L* value of wheat flour decreased significantly (P<0.05), indicating that the processing precision of wheat flour declined; the content of broken starch declined from 16.7, 20.1 UCD to 10.1, 12.7 UCD. However, the grain size of wheat flour distribution increased, gluten quality deteriorated, pasting characteristics changed, and flour paste viscosity decreased. Low-moisture wheat seed milling can reduce the energy consumption of milling while lowering the processing precision and retaining the nutrients of wheat, and this study provides a new milling method for the processing of highly nutritious whole-wheat flour.

wheat milling  /  grinding energy consumption  /  mechanical property  /  whole wheat flour
贺昕, 李萌萌, 王靖童, 王瑞虎, 张素成, 宋云飞, 杨硕, 卞科. 籽粒水分含量对小麦物理特性及制粉品质的影响. 食品工业科技, 2026 , 47 (18) : 75 -84 . DOI: 10.13386/j.issn1002-0306.2025070385
Xin HE, Mengmeng LI, Jingtong WANG, Ruihu WANG, Sucheng ZHANG, Yunfei SONG, Shuo YANG, Ke BIAN. Effect of Moisture Content on Physical Properties and Milling Quality of Wheat[J]. Science and Technology of Food Industry, 2026 , 47 (18) : 75 -84 . DOI: 10.13386/j.issn1002-0306.2025070385
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doi: 10.13386/j.issn1002-0306.2025070385
  • Receive Date:2025-08-01
  • Online Date:2026-10-24
  • Published:2026-09-15
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数
科
Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)
属
Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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