{"id":511,"date":"2022-04-13T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T10:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iso5223.com\/store\/?page_id=511"},"modified":"2022-04-19T13:15:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:15:23","slug":"determinaiton-of-besatz-in-cereals-according-to-en-15587","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iso5223.com\/store\/determinaiton-of-besatz-in-cereals-according-to-en-15587\/","title":{"rendered":"Determination of Impurities (Besatz) in Cereals, EN 15587"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>One of the fundamental quality parameters of any quantity of cereal is the content of impurities mixed with the desired grain \u2013 be it a small 50-kilogram sack or a whole train load of cereal or cereal product. The classification of grain purity is an important quality parameter and a primary driver for pricing of a cereal shipment. Additionally, quality assessments in accordance with international standards is mandated by all European countries for grain intervention.<\/p>\n

The major quantifiable parameter to classify the purity of cereals is the fraction of \u201cBesatz\u201d \u2013 a term borrowed from the German language for the combined impurities fraction in a grain sample \u2013 including foreign material of organic and mineral origin, undersized and broken grains, foreign cereal material and several more types of impurities. For European intervention and grain trade, the determination of grain purity is governed by the standard EN 15587: \u201cCereal and cereal products - Determination of Besatz.\u201d<\/p>\n

The standard EN 15587 covers the determination of Besatz by means of sieving and visual sorting for the following cereal types:<\/p>\n