What is Wheat?
Wheat is a grass that is cultivated as a whole grain. It is used in a variety of food products ranging from breads, cookies, cakes, pasta and other types of food as well.
Wheat originated in Southwest Asia in the area known as the Fertile crescent. The genetic relationships between einkorn and emmer indicate that the most likely site of domestication is near Diyarbakır in Turkey. These wild wheats were domesticated as part of the origins of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent. Cultivation and repeated harvesting and sowing of the grains of wild grasses led to the domestication of wheat through selection of mutant forms with tough ears which remained intact during harvesting, larger grains, and a tendency for the spikelets to stay on the stalk until harvested. Because of the loss of seed dispersal mechanisms, domesticated wheats have limited capacity to propagate in the wild. [1]
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Cracked Whole Wheat Crushed Wheat Crushed Whole Wheat Cultured Wheat Cultured Wheat Sponge Defatted Wheat Dried Wheat Grass Powder Fermented Wheat Flaked Wheat Ground Wheat Ground Whole Wheat Hard Red Wheat Hard Red Winter Wheat Hard Wheat Milled Wheat Puffed Wheat Puffed Whole Wheat Red Wheat Rolled Red Wheat Rolled Wheat Rolled Whole Wheat Sprouted Wheat Steel Cut Wheat Stone Ground Wheat Stone Ground Whole Wheat Stoneground Whole Wheat Toasted Crushed Whole Wheat Toasted Wheat Flakes Toasted Whole Grain Wheat Wheat Cream Wheat Crumbs Wheat Flakes Wheat Grass Wheat Grass Concentrate Wheat Grass Powder Wheat Grits Wheat Juice Wheat Kernels Wheat Leaf Wheat Middings Wheat Nuggets Wheat Sprout Powder Wheat Sprouts White Wheat Whole Grain Wheat Whole Grain Wheat Powder Whole Ground Wheat Whole Rolled Wheat Flakes Whole Wheat Flakes Whole Wheat Kernels Whole White Wheat Wholemeal Wheat Color Key - (Click/Tap to View)
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| Ingredient added | UPC Food Search | January 1, 2009 @ 2:14 AM |
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