What is this husk-like material in allegedly de-husked Carafa 3 Special?

I'm brewing Black IPA. So I needed less bitter black malt. My choice was Carafa III Special - it is supposed to be de-husked kind. But it looks like this:

Brighter shot, close-up on thing that made me wonder:

What is it? It looks kinda like husk pieces. But there should be no husk pieces in this malt. Does this malt always look like that, and what part of grain actually forms these flakes? Or maybe shopkeeper just made a mistake, as he weights and packs malts on demand.

Topic specialty-malt homebrew

Category Mac


That's husk fragments

Winnowing doesn't get 100% removal. Looks like the grain from the bottom of the bag to me.

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