HOME BIANCO ROSSO BIO MEDITERRANEAN DIET SICILIAN ANCIENT GRAIN OUR PRODUCTS CONTACT WHY EAT THE SICILIAN ANCIENT GRAINS SICILIAN ANCIENT GRAINS The ancient grains are original varieties of the past that remained unchanged through time, which means no manipulations to increase their yield. Their ears are tall with dark shades and irregular grains. They are not worked intensively, and this means higher production costs, but a healthier and more genuine product. Ancient grains are usually stone ground. The flour produced is therefore much less refined than that produced mainly by milling cylinders. With this kind of processing, an whole or semi-whole product is privileged, ie, compared to flour type 0 or 00, the nutritional properties in the grain are maintained. Modern grain has been artificially selected and modified to increase the amount of harvested per hectare worked, as well as to facilitate its mechanical harvesting. From modern varieties, flours are obtained with a strong gluten, whose remarkable cohesive strength makes the mixture ideal for modern industrial plants. This means that the gluten of this type of grain develops a dough which, if, on one hand has a significant cohesive strength and therefore is workable on modern industrial plants, on the other hand may be more difficult to digest. The gluten of the antique grains is less strong: it has ties more easily workable by the enzymes of digestion. This strength is expressed by the Gluten Index, which as a percentage expresses how much of the gluten remains cohesive if the mixture of water and flour, after starch removal, is subjected to mechanical stresses. MODERN GRAINS HAVE INDEXES OF OVER 90%, ANTIQUE GRAINS LESS THAN 50%. IN THE TIMILIA-TYPE GRAIN IS LESS THAN 15%.! GLUTEN SENSITIVITY Gluten sensitivity is probably due to excessive consumption of modern wheat. It seems that those who are affected by high sensitivity to gluten, tolerates ancient grain products. Ancient grains have a greater nutritional richness, given the increased presence of microelements, as demonstrated by numerous studies in this regard. Each ancient grain has its own scent and flavor, characteristics now lost by modern ones. If you make bread at home with a flour made from an ancient grain (better if using native pasta as a natural yeast) you will notice the difference. OUR ADDRESS Via IV Novembre, 24, 37126 Verona VR Italy OUR CONTACT Tel. +39 045 7364410 info@biancorossobio.com Benvenuto nel nostro sito! Se prosegui con la navigazione acconsentirai all'utilizzo dei cookies. Per maggiori informazioni puoi consultare la nostra informativa sulla privacy. OkPrivacy policy