02

Sample Collection

2-3 months

Cereals Canada works closely with nine grain companies with grain elevators across Western Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and a small portion of British Columbia) to access wheat samples representative of export quality.

Grain companies receive wheat samples when producers deliver grain for shipment, or when they submit a representative wheat sample for grading. Grain companies are asked to submit their composites to Cereals Canada when samples represent at least 75 per cent of the harvested wheat class/grade in the region.

Classes of wheat analyzed: CWRS, CWAD & CPSR.

04

Milling

Up to 10 days

Processing grain into flour and/or semolina involves cleaning, tempering, blending streams, and calculating flour yields for all composites.

06

End-product Functionality

6-9 days

Key characteristics of end-product quality for bread includes loaf volume, crumb structure and colour. For noodles, we look at colour and colour retention, as well as cooked texture. For pasta, we consider the colour of the dried product and cooking quality (texture, cooking loss, etc.). The process includes preparation of scaling ingredients, actual processing, and end-product quality assessment/scoring.