Grains & Flours in Food
Grains and grain-derived ingredients include flours, starches, brans and whole grains. Wheat, barley and rye contain gluten; check each ingredient page for details.
Cooked Long Grain Rice
Long grain rice is a type of rice that remains separate and fluffy after cooking. It is a staple food …
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Cooked Pasta: Water
Pasta is a staple food made from unleavened dough, typically from durum wheat flour mixed with water or eggs. The …
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Degermed Yellow Corn
Degermed yellow corn is a type of corn that has had its germ removed. The germ contains the corn's oil …
What is Degermed Yellow Corn? →
Barley Grass
Barley grass refers to the young shoots of the barley plant (Hordeum vulgare). It is harvested when the grass is …
What is Barley Grass? →
Lavash
Lavash is a soft, thin, rectangular flatbread originating from Armenia. It is traditionally baked in a tandoor, a type of …
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Amaranth Seeds
Amaranth is a pseudocereal, meaning its seeds are used like a grain, though it is not botanically a grass. It …
What is Amaranth Seeds? →
Graham Cracker Crumb
Graham cracker crumbs are made from crushed graham crackers. Graham crackers are a type of sweet cracker made with graham …
What is Graham Cracker Crumb? →
Enriched Precooked Long Grain Rice
Enriched precooked long grain rice is white rice that has been partially cooked and then dried. It is enriched with …
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Pasta: Enriched Durum Wheat Semolina
Enriched durum wheat semolina is a coarse flour made from durum wheat, a hard variety of wheat. It's the primary …
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Sesame Seeds Added
Sesame seeds are tiny, flat seeds that grow in pods on the Sesamum indicum plant. They are harvested and then …
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Dried Corn
Dried corn is a grain that is the seed of the maize plant. It is harvested and then dried to …
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Degerminated White Corn Meal
Degerminated white corn meal is made from the ground endosperm of white corn kernels. The germ, which contains oil and …
What is Degerminated White Corn Meal? →
Rice Crackers
Rice crackers are a crunchy snack made from cooked rice, typically short-grain rice like japonica. The rice is usually seasoned, …
What is Rice Crackers? →
Organic Amaranth Flour
Amaranth is a pseudocereal, meaning its seeds are used like grains but it is not botanically a grass. It is …
What is Organic Amaranth Flour? →
Wheatflour
Wheat flour is a powder made from grinding wheat grains. It is a staple ingredient in baking and cooking, forming …
What is Wheatflour? →
Biscuit
A biscuit is a small, usually round, baked good made from flour, fat, and liquid. It is typically leavened with …
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Hulled Millet
Hulled millet is a small, round whole grain that has been used as a food source for thousands of years. …
What is Hulled Millet? →
Organic Barley Grass
Organic barley grass is the young, green shoot of the barley plant (Hordeum vulgare). It is harvested before it matures …
What is Organic Barley Grass? →
Yellow Popcorn
Yellow popcorn is a variety of maize (corn) specifically grown for popping. It is a whole grain that expands when …
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Organic Steel Cut Oats
Organic steel cut oats are whole oat groats that have been cut into 2 or 3 pieces with steel blades. …
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Enriched Parboiled Rice
Parboiled rice is rice that has been partially boiled in the husk. This process makes the rice firmer and easier …
What is Enriched Parboiled Rice? →
Golden Flaxseed
Golden flaxseed is the seed of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum). The seeds are harvested and cleaned. They can be …
What is Golden Flaxseed? →
Air-popped Popcorn
Air-popped popcorn is a snack food made from corn kernels. It is prepared by heating whole corn kernels with hot …
What is Air-popped Popcorn? →
Organic Wheat Grass
Wheat grass is the young grass of the wheat plant, Triticum aestivum. It is harvested when it is still green …
What is Organic Wheat Grass? →
Bagel
A bagel is a type of bread product, traditionally shaped into a ring. It is made from a yeasted wheat …
What is Bagel? →
Tapioca Solids
Tapioca solids are a dry form of tapioca, which is a starch extracted from the cassava root. The cassava root …
What is Tapioca Solids? →
Organic Cassava Flour
Organic cassava flour is a gluten-free flour made from the whole cassava root, a starchy tuber native to South America. …
What is Organic Cassava Flour? →
White Sesame Seed
White sesame seeds are the hulled seeds of the sesame plant, Sesamum indicum. They are small, flat, oval-shaped seeds with …
What is White Sesame Seed? →
Bun: Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
Enriched bleached wheat flour is made from wheat flour that has been treated with bleaching agents to whiten it and …
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Quinoa Flakes
Quinoa flakes are made from quinoa, a grain-like seed that originated in the Andes region of South America. The whole …
What is Quinoa Flakes? →
Ground Chia Seeds
Chia seeds are tiny seeds from the desert plant Salvia hispanica, native to Mexico and Guatemala. They are typically consumed …
What is Ground Chia Seeds? →
Stoneground Corn Masa Flour
Stoneground corn masa flour is made from dried corn kernels that have been cooked in an alkaline solution (nixtamalization), then …
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Cone: Bleached Wheat Flour
Bleached wheat flour is a type of wheat flour that has been treated with chemical agents, such as chlorine gas …
What is Cone: Bleached Wheat Flour? →
Non Gmo Corn
Non-GMO corn is corn that has not been genetically modified through biotechnology. It is grown from seeds that have not …
What is Non Gmo Corn? →
Graham Cracker Crumbs
Graham cracker crumbs are made from crushed graham crackers. Graham crackers are a type of sweet cracker made with graham …
What is Graham Cracker Crumbs? →
Tortilla: Enriched Flour
Enriched flour is refined wheat flour that has had certain vitamins and minerals added back after processing. This process aims …
What is Tortilla: Enriched Flour? →
Enriched Pasta Product
Enriched pasta product is a type of pasta that has had certain nutrients added back into it after processing. These …
What is Enriched Pasta Product? →
Dried Black Beans
Dried black beans are mature, dried seeds from the common bean plant (Phaseolus vulgaris). They are a type of legume, …
What is Dried Black Beans? →
Organic Crisp Brown Rice
Organic crisp brown rice is made from whole grain brown rice that has been puffed or expanded to create a …
What is Organic Crisp Brown Rice? →
Millet Seeds
Millet is a small, round grain that grows in many varieties worldwide. It is a staple food in parts of …
What is Millet Seeds? →
Ground Corn Treated With Lime
Ground corn treated with lime, also known as nixtamalized corn, is made by soaking and cooking dried corn kernels in …
What is Ground Corn Treated With Lime? →
Unenriched
Unenriched flour is made from wheat that has not had any nutrients added back after processing. During the milling of …
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Organic Flax Seed Meal
Organic flax seed meal is made from ground flax seeds that are grown without the use of synthetic pesticides or …
What is Organic Flax Seed Meal? →
Breaded With: Whole Wheat Flour
Whole wheat flour is made from the entire wheat kernel, including the bran, germ, and endosperm. It is a common …
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Khorasan Wheat
Khorasan wheat, also known as Kamut®, is an ancient grain related to durum wheat. It is larger and has a …
What is Khorasan Wheat? →
Quinoa Brown Rice
Quinoa and brown rice are both whole grains. Quinoa is a seed from a plant native to South America, often …
What is Quinoa Brown Rice? →
Soy Flour Enriched Wheat Flours
Soy flour is made from ground soybeans. It is a source of protein and fiber. It can be made from …
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Organic Ground Chia Seeds
Chia seeds are tiny, oval-shaped seeds that come from the Salvia hispanica plant, native to Mexico and Guatemala. The seeds …
What is Organic Ground Chia Seeds? →
Whole Grain Corn Meal
Whole grain corn meal is made from dried, ground whole corn kernels. It includes the bran, germ, and endosperm of …
What is Whole Grain Corn Meal? →
White Flour
White flour, also known as refined flour, is made from wheat grains after the bran and germ have been removed. …
What is White Flour? →
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Note:
This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.