Production and importance of cereal grain proteins

Abstract

Abstract Many cereal products consumed by Poles every day contain cereal grains. Grain is identified mainly as a raw material providing energy in the form of starch, which dominates its composition. However, cereal products in the daily diet also provide a significant portion of protein. They are often overlooked and downplayed. Cereal protein, as it is of plant origin, is considered a protein of lower biological quality because of deficient exogenous amino acids (mainly lysine), but it contains a number of important amino acids. Nowadays an increasing number of people pay attention to adequate protein consumption, especially people practising sports, due to the number of functions that protein performs and the amino acids it is composed of. The role of plant protein will increase in the f