The losses sustained in malting Kaffircorn are much higher than those in barley malting, and are greatly increased at high moisture levels. A true increase in amylase activity results from increasing the moisture content during malting; the rise in diastatic power in the later stages of malting is not therefore due to high malting losses.
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