Our data confirm and extend previous reports (5,11,65,75,86)
of difficulties encountered in saccharifying sorghum malt wort.
Such problems are mainly attributable to starch characteristics
and to the unusually low diastatic power. The above data indicate
that sorghum polyphenols are not necessarily responsible for the
saccharification problems. Furthermore, poor filtration behavior
is not directly related to the soluble /?-glucan content of the filtered
wort. Under our malting and mashing conditions, the extract
yields are usually slightly higher than the corresponding values
for barley malt. The amino acid content can be modulated easily,
but the amino acid profile differs drastically from that of barley