Structure of the milling industry in Germany: Grain grinding constant - spelled flour production again at its highest level

Published 2020년 11월 16일

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In the 2019/20 financial year, German commercial mills saw a significant increase in the production of spelled flour, reaching approximately 205,000 tons, an increase of 34,000 tons from the previous year. This production included 70 percent of type 630 spelled flour and 21 percent of whole grain spelled flour. The total grain grinding remained almost steady at 68 million tons, with a slight decrease in the number of mills to 186. This led to a slight increase in the average annual grinding per mill. The flour production also included a notable amount of spelled flour, totaling 251,000 tons.

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11/16/2020 | 11:50:00 | ID: 29394 | Department: Agriculture | Agrarwirtschaft Bonn (agrar-PR) - The trend in spelled flour production continues. In the 2019/20 financial year, the 186 German commercial mills produced around 205,000 tons of spelled flour - 34,000 tons more than in the record year 2018/19. New: The Federal Information Center for Agriculture (BZL) now also reports the amount of spelled flour produced by type of flour. In the 2019/20 financial year, almost 70 percent of the spelled flour produced was type 630. Whole grain spelled flour was 44,000 tonnes or 21 percent. Flour types: the higher the Number, the more minerals In the grain of the grain, most minerals are in the outer layers. A high proportion of shell in the flour means a higher mineral content. The type number provides information about this content: the higher the number, the more minerals there are in the flour. It is determined by burning 100 grams of flour - the minerals then remain behind as "ash" and ...

Source: Agrar