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Malt, grain product that is used in beverages and foods as a basis for fermentation and to add flavour and nutrients. Malt is prepared from cereal grain by allowing partial germination to modify the grainâs natural food substances.
Malt is cereal grains that have been germinated and dried. The grains (barley is commonly used) are soaked in water then dried in hot air, a process that allows them to germinate. This is called malting.. Malting allows the starches in the grains to change into sugars, such as glucose and fructose. The process of malting is used for a number of products, including flours, malted milk, malt whiskey and malt balls. There are two types of malt powder -- diastatic and nondiastatic. The former involves the process described above, in which active enzymes transform starches into sugars.