Effects of ground and potable water utilized in wheat conditioning process on ash and some heavy metals content of resulted flour [electronic resource].

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The processes of wheat conditioning involve adjustment of the average moisture content of the wheat and distribution the moisture throughout each wheat grain by adding the required amount of water, to reach moisture content of wheat t015.5% in soft wheat and 17.5% in hard wheat. Some mills use wells of groundwater directly in conditioning wheat instead of potable water, to decrease milling cost, without considering its content of heavy metals. The objective of the present stUdy is to study ash. Mn, Fe, Zn, eu and Pb content of wheat flour, i.e., wholemeal, 82% and 72% extraction, produced from some Cairo province mills which use ground or potable water in wheat conditioning process, and comparing it with control sample and Egyptian Organization for Standardization of wheat

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