Thursday, January 30, 2014

Facts About Wheat




  Wheat Facts:


 Wheat Facts:
  • Wheat can now be stored indefinitely before consumption provided  “water content is below about 15% dry weight and pests are controlled.” (Oxford)
  • 20% of the calories consumed by people are wheat products. 
  • History shows that the 1st wheat (Einkorn) was harvested over 10,000 years ago.
  •   Einkorn and Emmer wheat is the oldest form of wheat
  •  Wheat seeds were taken on long voyages and left in numerous places  throughout the world
  •   Over 60 years ago, scientists began to hybridize wheat by combining emmer with unrelated wild grass.
  •   The goal was to increase the yield and create more adaptable wheat.
  •   And increase the gluten yield.
  •  This new wheat would be resistant to weather, pests and disease.
  •  Wheat has been altered and genetically modified numerous times since then.
  •  Today’s wheat is virtually unrecognizable to the original form.
  •   There are now over 25,000 different types of wheat.
  •  Over 600 million tons of wheat are harvested every year.


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