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• n  nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants

• For while rice, like other green plants, contains light-trapping beta-carotene in its external tissues, it does not produce beta-carotene in its endosperm (the starchy interior .
• Finely milling the grains produces a flour that lacks the bran and the germ, leaving only the endosperm behind.
• Have you analyzed the starch content of the endosperm, the inner, meaty layer? Have you compared the ratios of expanded to original volumes of various kernels?.

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• Multigrain not the same as whole grain
  Dear Holly,What is a whole grain, and how do I make sure I‘m eating them?Goodness GrainsDear Goodness Grains,A whole grain has three parts: the endosperm, bran and germ.
  March 20, 2014 - The Oxford Press