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Single kernel seed sorter (BoMill TriQ) and its potential effect on processing and in vitro digestibility
Posted in: Pork Insight Articles, Prairie Swine Centre by admin on August 11, 2016
Authors: Khalil Sahtout and Denise Beaulieu
Reference: Western Hog Journal Summer 2016
BoMill TriQ is a seed sorter that sorts individual kernels of wheat, barley or durum based on crude protein levels by use of near infrared transmittance. This can help producers to create samples with less variance of crude protein.
The first experiment tested to see if sorted kernels were different in physical characteristics or colour. Kernel fractions obtained did have different average colour, but physical characteristics were unaffected, negating the possibility of having to use different milling techniques.
The second experiment took five sources of wheat and barley, fractionalized them with the BoMill TriQ and the fractions were ground with either a hammer mill or a roller mill set to produce four different particle sizes. An in vitro digestibility system was used to estimate if the rate of digestion of the fractions differed between grinders and degree of grinding. Laboratory analysis of these samples is ongoing.
Single kernel feed mill Sahtout