Current situation and problems of processing and utilization of whole-wheat food in China

Abstract

At present, China's whole-wheat food industry is still in its early stage of development.The homogeneity of wholemeal food varieties on the market is serious.It is not consistent with people’s consumption habit of flour products with baked whole-wheat food as staple food.Consumers are not entirely able to buy high-quality, alternative whole-wheat foods since the problems such as poor storage stability, high content of biological active substances and antinutritional factors, which make processing more difficult; and edible quality and food safety needs to be improved, so as the relevant standards,which influence the development of whole-wheat food industry in China.The present situation and existing problems of whole-wheat food processing in China are discussed to provide reference for the improvement and development of whole-wheat food industry in China.

Keywords

• whole-wheat food
• processing and utilization
• current situation
• existing problem