The Grain
What's inside?
- The kernel
- germ: rich in fat – (fatty acids) – and protein
- endosperm: rich in carbohydrate (starch), protein (Gluten) – Kleber
- Bran – the outer shell: rich in fibre, protein, fat, trace minerals, B-vitamine (supportive for the nervous system), E-vitamine (supportive for the skin) and A-vitamine (supportive for the eyes)
- wholegrain
Conventional flour contains no grain sprouts. When the grain sprouts are grinded as well, it's wholegrain flour. Wholegrain bread has to be made with at least 90% wholegrain flour.
- Milling
By milling the graines various different flour types are achieved: hard flour, weak flour. Grist, Semolina, dunst, grinded flour, (oat) flakes are not grinded, only so called »flockiert (gequetscht)«.
- Flour types: The higher the flour type
- the rougher the milling
- the higher the bran content in the flour
- the darker the color
- the higher the value in terms of nutritional physiology
- the crunchier the bread
- the better and the longer the bread’s freshness
- Flour types in Europe
405, 550, 912, 1007, 1800. These figures indicate the amount of ash (measured in milligrams) obtained from 100 g of the dry mass of this flour.
Types of corn, grain & seeds
The most common corn types: Wheat, spelt, rye
Special bread types: barley, hemp, maize, rice, buckwheat, millet, wheat types (emmer, einkorn, kamut)
Seeds: sunflower seeds, sesame, linseeds, pumpkin seeds, poppy seeds
From »Leitsätze für Brot- und Kleingebäck des Deutschen Lebensmittelbuches«:
Cereals are defined as bread cereals such as wheat and rye (spelt as well) and other types of cereals, i.e. buckwheat, barley, hemp, millet, maize, rice and triticale.
Further ingredients
- Salt
We use sea salt – for a perfect taste. Sea salt is 100% pure salt, naturally exploited and contains no free-flowing agents.
- Water
We use »revitalized« water, i. e. the potable water is revitalized and filtered before it enters the production process and thus has the quality of pure spring water.
- Yeast
For creating a fluffy and nourishing crispbread with perfect blend.
