"Carlo Morpurgo" > wrote in message news:<8Oh_c.101059$9d6.41032@attbi_s54>...
> "Roy Basan" > wrote in message
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> > "Carlo Morpurgo" > wrote in message
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> > "semola di grano duro" flour here in the US?
> > >
> > > Thanks, Carlo
> >
> > That is pure durum semolina .I think that is also available in USA
> > but as I am not user of such flour I cannot guarantee if the products
> > specification are the same as the authentic italian product.
> > Roy
>
> Thanks for all the replies...i tried semolina once and I found it a little
> too coarse...
>
> carlo

Carlo I do not know what is your specific application for such
product,i.e. the products specification including the particle size.If
its only for home use in usual cookery and baking I do not think that
slightly coarser granulation mean a lot in end product quality.
However if you are using in your own pasta / alimentary goods factory
, that material( exacting product specification means a lot in
institutiona scale manufacture) then try to contact many of the grain
product suppliers /manufacturers.
You can use the web to search for these companies.
You can ring up many of the specialist durum flour mills and ask them
if they have the durum semonlina of the specific granulation you
need.
But if you did not have such data you have to procure enough sample,
around 10 kg (semola di grano duro from Italy) and have it evaluated
by a local grain related institution through the sieve test/
particles size distribution. It would be helpful also if you submit
it to chemical tests that are equally important such as protein,
moisture, ash content;physical test such as rheological/texture
evaluation tests.
Then send that values to the durum processing mills.
Or to be simpler...
Or you can ring ( the mills that you prefered) and inquire if you can
send them a kilogram of a sample and have it matched with their
durum related products, are they willing to sell then to you.If its
affirmative then....Ask then to send you enough sample of their
competivie product for application tests.
These remaining bulk samples collected will be used for small scale
performance comparison trial, against the local similar product to
ensure that the alternative product will be produce the targeted end
product without seriously affecting the processing parameters.
Now supposing the small batch trials is a success then you have to buy
a lerger batch of the local seleced semolina for pilot scale trias
before you embark on production scale trials.
Be sure to ask for reasonable price qoutations FOB from these
companies.
Roy