Use of Aspergillus oryzae during sorghum malting to enhance yield and quality of gluten-free lager beers

Bioresources and Bioprocessing

Table 1 Particle size distributions of malts ground using a Chopin roller mill

US mesh sieve#	Barley malt	Sorghum malt	Sorghum and A. oryzae malt
20	8.80 ± 0.11^A	4.32 ± 0.29^B	4.39 ± 0.14^B
40	29.89 ± 0.58^B	36.42 ± 1.27^A	30.10 ± 0.40^B
70	30.63 ± 0.35^B	45.00 ± 1.28^A	28.25 ± 0.60^B
80	8.07 ± 0.52^C	10.85 ± 0.28^B	27.34 ± 0.32^A
100	2.15 ± 0.11^B	0.83 ± 1.88^C	3.54 ± 0.38^A
− 100	20.59 ± 0.49^A	1.42 ± 0.23^C	6.43 ± 0.23^B

All data are expressed has percentage in weight
Means comparisons with different letter(s) within rows are statistically different (P < 0.05)