Patent classifications
B02C4/38
PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WHOLE SEMOLINA
A dry process for the production of whole durum wheat semolina is described, wherein wheat caryopses (101) are subjected to decortication in order to remove the germ (107) and only the outermost layers of the pericarp (102) of the multilayer bran coating of said caryopses and the caryopses decorticated in this way are subjected to milling followed by sieving, selecting fractions having a particle size lower than or equal to 500 m, which form the aforementioned whole durum wheat semolina. The invention also refers to a whole durum wheat semolina obtained by the aforementioned process having a moisture content lower than or equal to 13%, a total fibre content between 8% and 13% and a protein content between 12% and 17%, and a whole-wheat pasta and a bakery product obtained using the aforementioned semolina.