24.5.09
Nutri what?
Well, enough of practical work,lets talk about the science behind it.Now the question is,
Which pancake is more nutritional?Wholemeal or plainflour?
Firstly we have to take in consideration that both pancakes were made of the same ingredients,except the flour used.
Hence, the limiting factor here is the type of flour used.
Let us now probe into the contents of a wholemeal and plainflour.
So what is flour?
Flour is a powder made from cereal grains.It contains a high proportion of starch, which are complex carbohydrates.
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Plainflour is processed by the removal of the bran and germ in a wheat kernel,leaving only the endosperm.It contains about 10-11% of protein.
Wholemeal flour or whole grain is made from the entire grain,including the bran,endosprem and germ.It contains about 14% of proteins.It contains more nutrients and has a higher percetage of fibre as compared to plainflour.
In a nutshell, wholemeal flour has more nutritional content as compared to plainflour.
UNDERSTANDING FOOD;Principles & Preparation third edition, Amy brown