Storage Gain

  • Wheat, considered a ‘living grain’, tends to gain some weight during storage.
  • This is known as ‘storage gain’ and it mostly happens due to absorption of moisture.
  • There are three parts of the grain — bran (outer layer rich in fibre), germ (inner layer rich in nutrients) and endosperm (bulk of the kernel which contains minerals and vitamins) and the moisture is mostly absorbed by the ....
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