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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > products and commodities > agricultural products > plant products > grain products > grains > food grains > refined grains
Plant Production, Gardening > plant products > grain products > grains > food grains > refined grains
Preferred Term:

refined grains

Definition:
Grain products whose natural chemical and nutrient composition has been altered by processing, such as with milling, debranning or germ removal. Refined grain products generally have a finer texture than whole grains.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
food grains
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/205319
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RDF/XMLCreated 2013-09-11, last modified 2014-06-24