Essantis Rolled Wheat has been steamed and rolled to gelatinize its starches, making them accessible for conversion to sugars. However, because the Wheat is unmalted, it does not possess the enzymes required for conversion to sugars, so it must be mashed with base malts for conversion to occur.
Rolled or Flaked Wheat is traditionally dehulled wheat grains that have been steamed and rolled into flat flakes under heavy rollers.
Flaked or Rolled Wheat is a common ingredient in wheat beers such as Bavarian Weisse, and is essential to Belgian Lambics and Witbiers. It adds the essential starch haze and high levels of protein required in these beers.
Flaked wheat adds more sharp wheat flavour than malted wheat. Essantis Rolled Red Wheat must be mashed in conjunction with a base malt.
Typical Use:
For making Witbiers and other specialties. Helps with head retention in all beers. Will leave a slight haze. Can also be used in place of unmalted wheat in many recipes. Unmalted wheat is a common ingredient in wheat beers, including: American Wheat, Bavarian Weisse, Belgian Lambic and Wit and can be used to give body and flavour to IPAs and haze and mouthfeel to New England IPAs. Flaked wheat can be a useful substitute for raw grain. While it retains much of the special character of the raw product, flaked wheat is much easier to handle, primarily because it requires no milling. Like flaked barley, maize, and oats, it can be added directly to the barley malt in any mash. Like raw wheat, Flaked Wheat is especially suitable for drier, crisper beers than for Bavarian-style weissbier.
Typical Usage Rate:
- Up to 40% of the grist
Complementary Malts:
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Batch Analysis:
- PO-2146B - Best Before 03-AUG-2026
ANALYTICAL CRITERIA:
| Bulk Density | 40.0-45.6 (kg/HL) |
| Sieve Size |
2.36mm ≥90% Passing through 850µm ≤2% |
| Moisture maximum | 12.5% |
| Flake Thickness | 0.90-1.10 mm |
TYPICAL NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:
| NUTRIENT | AVG QUANTITY per 100 g |
| Energy | 1430 kJ |
| Protein, total | 10.3 g |
| Fat, total | 2.6 g |
| - saturated | 0.5 g |
| - trans fat | less than 0.1 g |
| - polyunsaturated | 1.7 g |
| - monounsaturated | 0.4 g |
| Carbohydrate | 62.3 g |
| - sugars | 1.0 g |
| Dietary fibre, total | 13.0 g |
| Sodium | 2.0 mg |
Shelf Life:
- At least one year when stored properly in dry conditions.
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Essantis:
Essantis (formerly known as UniGrain) has a proud and successful record in the cereal, grain and pulse milling sectors in Australia, with a history dating back to the 1970s. Essantis mills oats from both its Victoria and West Australian mills and have now grown to become one of the largest users and millers of oats in the Asia Pacific region. All products milled at Essantis sites are sourced locally, and like BeerCo.com.au Essantis pride themselves on their commitment and long term relationship with Australian growers.
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