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Along with soft wheat and durum wheat, it is one of the three main categories of wheat. Hard wheat has a high protein content.

Flour that is ground from substances other than wheat. Non-wheat flours are ground from seeds, roots and tubers, nuts, legumes and other grains.

Along with hard wheat and durum wheat, it is one of the three main categories of wheat. It has a lower protein content than hard wheat, which means that the gluten content of soft wheat flour is lower as well.

A variety of been not made with the traditional malt of barley, but instead from grains of wheat. Wheat beer is a common German beer that provides a robust flavor that can range from somewhat sweet and fruity to a spicer flavor tasting somewhat tangy or tart.

A sensitivity to wheat that is initiated by the immune system’s response to proteins found in wheat....

A form of wheat in which whole-wheat berries have been crushed or “cracked” into smaller pieces. Cracked wheat is used as an ingredient in cracked grain and multi-grain breads, pilafs, stuffings, and breakfast cereals, providing a crunchy texture with a nutty flavor.

A type of bread that consists of a mixture of enriched white flour and whole wheat flour. Unlike whole wheat bread that is made entirely of whole wheat flour, wheat bread may contain more calcium but less fiber than most whole wheat varieties.

One of the three main types of wheat and the hardest variety grown. The other two main types or classifications are soft wheat and hard wheat.

A variety of flour that is ground from the full wheat berry. All parts of the wheat berry are used in the flour including the bran, germ, and the endosperm, which when milled, creates the speckled brown color that is characteristic of the flour.

A type of wheat flour yeast bread that is made with ground whole-wheat rather than processed white flour or a combination of white and whole wheat flour, such as wheat bread.

A type of pasta that is made with whole-wheat flour instead of the commonly used semolina, which is hard-wheat flour.

A plant that is a member of the grass family bearing a fruiting head that yields a grain that is most often ground into flour or meal.

Wheat germ oil is obtained from the embryo of the wheat kernel. It is a rich source of vitamin E and is often used as a health supplement.

The outer covering of the wheat kernel. The bran is a brown paper-like coating that is high in fiber.

Whole-wheat kernels that are steamed, flattened through rollers, and flaked, to retain most of their nutrition, as they become a form of uncooked grain, not a ready-to-eat cereal.

A flour similar to refined white pastry flour, however not all of the bran and germ portions of the wheat kernel have been removed during the milling process.

Refers to the entire wheat kernel, without the hull, which contains the bran, germ, and endosperm. Wheat berry or wheatberry, as it is also known, have a tan to reddish brown color and are available as either a hard or soft processed grain.

A powdery substance obtained from wheat kernels. It is very useful as a thickener, but it doesn't have as much thickening power as cornstarch, which requires only half as much to achieve that same level of thickening.

The embryo of a seed or kernel of wheat, located at the bottom center of the kernel next to the stalk.

Noodles that are prepared with wheat flour and no eggs that are popular in Asian cooking. The noodles are available fresh or dried and are used in such dishes as chow mein.