This International Standard specifies a method for determining the ash yielded by cereals, pulses and their milled products intended for human consumption. The source materials and products covered are: a) grains of cereals; b) flours and semolinas; c) milled products (bran and high bran content products, shorts); d) mixed cereal flours (mixes); e) cereal by-products other than milled products; f) pulses and their by-products. This International Standard is not applicable to starches and starch derivatives (see ISO 3593), to products intended for animal feeding stuffs (see ISO 5984), or to seeds.