EVER since the time of ancient Egypt, people have used sprouted cereal grains – malt – to make beer. For bakers, malt is also a secret ingredient that helps bread rise perfectly and develop an ...

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Barley is comfortably common. You can find it easily, often sold in generic packages, sitting next to the bags of split peas and navy beans on the lowest shelf at your unfancy neighborhood supermarket ...

Dear Lisa: Can you explain why malted barley is so widely used in processed foods? What is its purpose? I need to avoid it for health reasons. Dear Reader: Malting is a process used on various cereal ...