To increase the productivity of animals, their diet must be balanced in all nutrients. With the dry administration of such nutrients, a high accuracy of their dosing is required, followed by thorough and long-term mixing in special mixing apparatus. Crushing dry grain or grain mixtures is accompanied by the presence of flour dust, which, under certain conditions, becomes explosive. When receiving paste products, the administration of nutrients into them is possible in the form of aqueous or oil solutions, which also requires the use of a special system of machines, including grain grinders, dispensers, and mixers.
The article proposes and substantiates an innovative method for preparing pasta products based on pre-vitamin-enriched grain, on the basis of which a structural and functional scheme for the preparation of vitamin-enriched pastes based on grain components has been developed. It has been established that a feature of this method for producing a paste is the correct choice of the ratio: grain: ascorbic acid solution. This is due to the fact that the seeds must absorb the entire solution of ascorbic acid and be completely saturated with this solution. An experimental substantiation of a number of kinetic aspects of the grain water-absorbing capacity when it is saturated with ascorbic acid has been carried out. The relations were obtained that characterize the kinetics of grain vitamin enrichment by soaking it in an aqueous solution of ascorbic acid. The data were obtained on the dimensional characteristics of the soaked grain and the degree of its grinding to the state of a paste. It has been established that an innovative method makes it possible to obtain a uniformly homogenized vitamin paste with a weighted average diameter of 0.67 mm, which meets the requirements for the quality of paste products.

Burmaga A. V., Chubenko A. V.

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