Funded by a one-year $30,000 grant from the kansas wheat commission. sajid Alavi,an assistant professor of grain science and industry at k-state;s college of agriculture. and fellow researchers created flour enriched with varying levels of bran. they mixed the bran-enriched wheat flour with water using a standing mixed like the one cooks may use at hom and they let the dough sit overnight. the hydrated flour was then sent through a machine called an extrusion processor. the processor uses a series of rotating screws and heated barrels to precook the flour before it's pushed out of the end. after ropes of the dough come out they are taken to a drying oven or a freeze dryer the latter of which alavi said produced higher-quality flour then the dried ropes were ground back into flour ready to use for baking
the more fiber you add the more the dough quality deteriorates alavi said we're hoping this process will increase some of the propertier of the flour the foods might have a better physical quality