Malt

Malt is a unique natural product that is derived from sprouted cereal crops. The unique characteristics and useful properties of malt are primarily due to the production process of the product, which is actively used in cooking, baking, brewing, as well as in folk and official medicine, pharmacology.

Malt composition

The special distinctive properties of malt lie in the vitamin-mineral composition of the product. The unique chemical composition of malt is formed due to the natural process of germination of seeds of cereal crops, during which important changes of biological nature occur in the grain and a large concentration of compounds useful for the human body is formed. Malt is used in brewing as well as distilling.

During germination of cereal seeds, the chemical composition of malt is saturated with diastase compounds, which are glycosyl hydrolase enzymes that can break down starch. It is this distinctive property of malt that is used in the production of both strong alcoholic beverages and beer. According to the definition used in the food industry, malt is defined as sprouted and then dried and ground grains, preferably cereal crops such as barley or rye.

Types of malt

In the modern food industry, such main types of malt are used as:



white or fermented active malt, which is generally produced from barley;

red or rye malt, which is distinguished by its fermented inactive chemical composition.



In addition to the above types of malt, such subspecies of the product as dark, caramel, fried, languished, melanoidine, short, and also wheat malt are distinguished from the specific ones.

Malt benefits

Malt is used not only in the production of alcoholic beverages. The composition of such soft drinks as kvass and kulaga contains malt. In addition, malt is used in baking, as well as in the production of yeast. The main benefit of malt is that the product is germinated grains of cereal crops.

In turn, sprouted grains of wheat, barley or rye contain in their chemical composition important and certainly necessary natural compounds for the normal functioning of the human body. In addition, the benefit of malt is that the product is of natural or natural origin. It is worth noting that different types, as well as malt varieties, differ in their vitamin-mineral composition, as well as distinctive properties.

Rye malt is believed to be the most beneficial to the human body. In addition, the product has some healing abilities that have a generally strengthening positive effect on the whole body. We can say that malt is a rich source of vitamins and useful compounds donated to humans by nature.