Triticale – Chapter 8
Official Grain Grading Guide

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Primary grade determinants tables

Triticale, Canada (CAN)

Grade name	Standard of quality		Foreign material
	Minimum test weight kg/hl (g/0.5 L)	Degree of soundness	Cereal grains other than wheat %	Ergot %	Excreta %	Matter other than cereal grains %	Sclerotinia %	Stones %	Total %
No. 1 Canada	65 (315)	Reasonably well matured, reasonably free from damaged kernels	1	0.025	0.01	0.5	0.025	0.033	2.5
No. 2 Canada	62 (301)	Fairly well matured, reasonably free from severely damaged kernels	2	0.05	0.01	1	0.05	0.033	4
No. 3 Canada	No minimum	Reasonably sweet, excluded from higher grades on account of light weight or damaged kernels	3	0.1	0.03	2	0.1	0.066	7
Grade, if No. 3 specs not met			See Mixed grain	Triticale, Sample Canada Account Ergot	Triticale, Sample Canada Account Excreta	Triticale, Sample Canada Account Admixture	Triticale, Sample Canada Account Admixture	2.5% or less – West – Triticale, Rejected (grade) Account Stones or East – Triticale, Sample Canada Account Stones, Over 2.5% – Triticale, Sample Salvage	See Mixed grain

Grade name	Damage
	Broken %	Fireburnt %	Fusarium %	Heated %	Smudge and blackpoint %	Sprouted %
No. 1 Canada	4	Nil	0.25	0.1	10	0.5
No. 2 Canada	7	Nil	0.5	0.75	15	2
No. 3 Canada	50	Nil	1	5	No limit	10
Grade, if No. 3 specs not met	Sample Broken Grain	Triticale, Sample Canada Account Fireburnt	Triticale, Sample Canada Account Fusarium Damage	Triticale, Sample Canada Account Heated		Triticale, Sample Canada Account Sprouted

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