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Contents 1 Malting vs. fermentation 2 A Question 3 What exactly does this sentence mean? 4 Gluten 5 Gluten damages the bowel? 6 Malted Barley

[edit] Malting vs. fermentation

Malting is technically not a fermentation process. Fermentation is the conversion of sugars into alcohols, while malting is a proces whereby grains are partially germinated. Germination causes starches (which are generally not fermentable) to be converted to sugars.

please correct the article as you see fit, anonymous contributor! -- Tarquin 09:50 Mar 20, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] A Question

This article needs expanding and/or a bit more work. It is not of an encyclopedic standard. My question is: what is the point of malting? Is it purely for flavour, or preservation, or what? I came here to find that and obviously have to go looking elsewhere for a real answer.

Answer: The primary purpose of malting is to increase the fermentable sugar content of grain, allowing desirable alcohol levels to be achieved without the addition of sugar.75.70.100.206 17:10, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What exactly does this sentence mean?

I don't know what this below quoted sentence has to do with the scope of the article.

"A constant moisture is held to wet my farts and growth of the acrospire."

I'm thinking someone thought this would be cute or funny so the article needs to be removed as it is not serious. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.183.88.108 (talk) 01:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Gluten

I think this sentence fragment should be changed:

"it is possible smaller pieces of gluten called peptides"

Particularly, the word peptide is somewhat misleading, since "peptide" is a superclass of all protein fragments, not just that of gluten.

[edit] Gluten damages the bowel?

This one REALLY needs a source!

Mbessey 05:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC) I added a link to Coeliac disease, which has the references.

[edit] Malted Barley

When you malt barley does it take away the nutritional value?98.202.17.25 18:20, 25 September 2007 (UTC)