VOLUME 128 ISSUE 12
December 2017
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48 - Defining flour water absorption with high-precision dosage
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Grain & Feed Milling Technology magazine was rebranded to Milling and Grain in 2015
In the literal meaning of “on top”, Brabender now introduces its automated water dosing system for the Farinograph-TS.
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS
2
NEWS
6-40
FEATURES
46 Scaling up nutrition: Tanzania hits the road 48 Defining flour water absorption with highprecision dosage 54 Addressing pandemic
FACES
micronutrient deficiencies through flour fortification
58 Fighting hidden hunger with data
60 The detection of residual starch in bran
62 Mycotoxin survey
124 People news from the global milling industry
PRODUCT FOCUS
44
CASE STUDY
92
66 Piglet dysbiosis
68 Brewer’s grains
STORAGE
72 Fishmeal, fish oil and “The Need for Feed”
78 The Continuous Dryer MkIII 80 Flow measurement
EVENTS
102 Event listings, reviews and previews
88 Highlighting the importance of hopper tanks and material management
90 Flow controllers & mixing
TRAINING
42 Bringing Egyptians for grain market training
COLUMNS
12 Mildred Cookson 16 Raghavan Sampathkumar 27 Tom Blacker 30 Clifford Spener 36 Chris Jackson
4 GUEST EDITOR Nikunj Khandelwal
96 MARKETS John Buckley
122 INTERVIEW Dr Ali El-Sayed Ali Al-Moselhi
COVER IMAGE: Fighting hidden hunger with data: Deficiency of essential vitamins and minerals such as vitamin A, iron, folic acid, and iodine can have devastating effects. While these nutrients are only needed in very small amounts, they are essential for normal growth and optimal health