Spelt is an ancient grain, and spelt is sort of the grandfather of wheat as we know it today. What is spelt and how can spelt be part of a healthy diet? Spelt bread and flour are easily found in stores and online. You may even wish to buy spelt grain in bulk and use a kitchen grinder to make your own spelt flour.
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Purity Foods sells pasta, spelt flour, beans, seeds and grains, dried fruits and nuts, and spelt Vita-Spelt products Modern cooks are rediscovering the full flavor of whole grain spelt pastas and breads, the more subtle flavor and texture of white pastas and flours as well as spelt kernels in their dishes.
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Spelt is more than just a nutritious product. The whole grain flour is the perfect answer for those people who want to eat good, tasty whole grain products. Organic, unbleached spelt flour is the same grain with most of the bran (fiber) removed, and nothing added.
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Spelt is a nutritious and flavorful relative of common wheat. An ancient grain, it is unusual because it retains nearly all of its nutritional value in the...
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Vita-Spelt Organic and Natural Food Products; "Spelt is one of the best tasting grains I have ever tasted. I just love baking with it!"; - M.F., McHenry, IL Non-Organic Whole Grain Spelt Flour - 25LB...
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I get repeated questions on spelt and I thought I would do a little write-up on it since not all that many people know what it is. Back in ol' Austrian (which is where I'm from) almost nobody bothers to use wheat. Why should they, if they can have spelt. Let me explain. Spelt is an ancient grain and a distant cousin of wheat.
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The growth habits of spelt are similar to those of winter wheat. Spelt generally lodges less than soft red wheat, but more than semi-dwarf hard red spring or winter wheat. Under conditions where soft red wheat tends to lodge, spelt has produced more grain.
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The best new grain has a long history. Sometimes the original ideas are still the best. The wheel hasn't changed much in thousands of years, and tasty and nutritious spelt, one of the first grains to be grown by early farmers as long ago as 5,000 BC., is finding renewed popularity with American consumers.
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using spelt, spelt recipes, spelt nutritional information, storing spelt grain, organic spelt For human survival in the future, Spelt is ecologically the ideal grain. It is not a hybrid like wheat and can be grown without fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides.
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