Spent Grain flour.

[Grldtnr]

Was watching a cookery programme, they were searching what to do with spent grain from brewing beer
Since it takes all the sugars and starches out of it, they tried making flour out if it.
Has any one used it for Diabetic cooking, making bread, pastry & cakes?
I imagine getting hold of it isn't easy.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Never heard of it!

 

[Grldtnr]

Never heard of it!

Spent grain is a waste product from brewing, normally fed to livestock, spread as fertilizer on fields, composted, or just wasted.
It can be dried & ground as flour, what interests me is that the sugars & carbs have largely been extracted, so it possibly provides a low starch source of flour.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Spent grain is a waste product from brewing, normally fed to livestock, spread as fertilizer on fields, composted, or just wasted.
It can be dried & ground as flour, what interests me is that the sugars & carbs have largely been extracted, so it possibly provides a low starch source of flour.

I guess you’d need someone to see it as a commercial opportunity (like lacto free and gluten free to support those who need those products) who would mill it get it tested for nutritional content and make it available!

Do you fancy having a Dragons Den moment? 😛