METHOD FOR MALTING SEEDS

摘要

The invention provides process or method of malting cereal seeds, such as barley, wheat, rye, corn, oats, rice, millet and sorghum which process includes reducing the microbial level in the seeds prior to steeping, malting and the introduction of a starter culture used in the malting process. According to the invention, the reduction of microbial levels permits efficient use of starter cultures, such as molds, yeasts, bacteria, spores and activated spores.