Overall quality of Ukrainian milling wheat of the harvest-2020 is good with high protein and gluten content, high falling number and flour strength, declared the Vice President - Baltic, Black and Caspian seas Business Group at Cotecna Inspection, Arina Korchmaryova in interview with APK-Inform.
“The average protein content of Ukrainian milling wheat is rather high this year and is about 12.3%. Moreover, there are batches of wheat with protein content exceeding 13%”, - the expert pointed out.
At the same time, she added that, despite high protein content of milling wheat, the quality of protein in some batches is rather low due to weak protein molecular linkage resulting in weak gluten.
“The overall quality of Ukrainian wheat of the harvest-2020 matches the average level of the preceding crop and the forecasted percentage ratio of milling and feed wheat is about 40:60 this year. However, we can fully estimate the quality of milling wheat in about 3 months after accumulation and storage on elevators as the grain biochemical processes reach the balance over this period”, - A.Korchmaryova forecasts.
