This Malaysian Standard specifies two methods for the determination of ash yielded by cereals, pulses and derived products.
a) method A, by incineration at 900 °C, applicable to 4.1 Method A cereals and milled cereal products intended for human consumption;
b) method B, by incineration at 550 °C, applicable to ter is complete, and weighing the residue obtained. derived cereal products other than milled products intended for human consumption, to flours of composite cereals 4.2 Method B used for the manufacture of dietetic products, and to pulses
and derived products.
Method B should not be used for cereals and their derived products intended for human consumption, method A being more rapid and generally used for the purpose of commercial contracts.
This Malaysian Standard is not applicable to starch and starch derivatives, or to cereals and derived cereal products 5 Reagent intended for animal feeding stuffs, for which methods are described in ISO 3593 and ISO 5984 respectively