primary wheat milling

• 1. sampling and grinding the wheat (laboratory checks so wheat is to the right standard)
• 2) cleaning the wheat

  (using large sieves, suction machines, spinners, scourers and metal detectors)
• 3) conditioning the wheat

  (the cleaned wheat is washed in water and spun dry)
• 4) gristing the wheat

  (the cleaned and conditioned wheat is blended with other types of wheat of different grades and moistures
• 5) grinding the wheat

  (wheat moves between rollers known as break rolls and this turns the wheat into flour)
• 6) processing the flour

  (bran and wheatgerm are added to make brown or wholemeal flour)
• 7) flour is treated with improvers and fortified

  (raising agents are also added to make self raising flour)