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.
Oat
Oats are a type of cereal grain grown for its seed. They are a whole grain, meaning they contain all …
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Breading
Breading is a coating applied to foods before cooking, typically frying or baking. It is usually made from crushed or …
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Semolina Wheat
Semolina is a coarse flour made from durum wheat, a hard variety of wheat. It is a key ingredient in …
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Cooked Enriched Macaroni Product
Cooked enriched macaroni product is pasta that has been cooked and often fortified with added vitamins and minerals. It is …
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Gluten-free Oat Flour
Gluten-free oat flour is made from oats that have been grown and processed to avoid contamination with gluten from wheat, …
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Whole Grain Popping Corn
Whole grain popping corn is a specific variety of corn kernel that expands and puffs up when heated. It is …
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Dehydrated Potato Flakes
Dehydrated potato flakes are dried, ground potatoes. They are made by cooking, mashing, and then drying potatoes to remove most …
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Organic Flaxseed
Flaxseed is a small, oil-rich seed from the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum). It is grown in cooler climates around the …
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Stone Ground Corn
Stone ground corn is whole corn kernels that have been ground between two stones. This traditional method breaks down the …
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Whole Grain Rice
Whole grain rice is the entire grain of rice, including the bran, germ, and endosperm, with only the inedible outer …
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Organic Whole Oat Flour
Organic whole oat flour is made from whole, unprocessed oats that have been ground into a fine powder. It retains …
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Red Rice
Red rice is a type of rice that gets its reddish-brown color from anthocyanins, the same antioxidants found in berries. …
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Organic White Quinoa
Organic white quinoa is a type of quinoa that has been grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Quinoa is a …
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Whole Corn
Whole corn is the entire kernel of maize, a grain that is a staple food in many parts of the …
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Organic Flax Seed
Flax seed is the tiny, nutrient-rich seed of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum), which has been cultivated for thousands of …
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Long Grain White Rice
Long grain white rice is a type of rice with a long, slender kernel. It is a staple food in …
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Sesame Flour
Sesame flour is made from sesame seeds that have had most of their oil removed. The remaining solids are ground …
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Cracked Rye
Cracked rye is made from whole rye grains that have been broken into smaller pieces. Rye is a cereal grain, …
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Bread Crumb
Bread crumbs are small pieces of dried bread. They are made by toasting or baking bread until it is dry …
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Long Grain Parboiled Rice
Parboiled rice is a type of rice that has been partially boiled in the husk. This process makes the rice …
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Enriched Durum Semolina
Enriched durum semolina is a coarse flour made from durum wheat, a hard variety of wheat. It is the primary …
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Organic White Rice Flour
Organic white rice flour is made from white rice that has had its husk, bran, and germ removed. The remaining …
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Cooked Macaroni
Cooked macaroni is pasta made from durum wheat and water, formed into short, hollow tubes. It is typically boiled until …
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Soluble Wheat Fiber
Soluble wheat fiber is a type of dietary fiber derived from wheat. It is produced by processing wheat to isolate …
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Organic Gluten-free Oats
Oats are a whole grain grown for their nutritious seed. Organic gluten-free oats are grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers …
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Wafer
A wafer is a crisp, thin, dry cookie or biscuit. It is typically made from flour, sugar, and water or …
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Malt Barley Flour
Malt barley flour is made from barley grains that have been germinated (malted) and then dried and ground into a …
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Degermed Yellow Cornmeal
Degermed yellow cornmeal is made from the ground endosperm of yellow corn kernels. The germ, which contains oil and nutrients, …
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Crackermeal
Crackermeal is a coarse flour made from dried crackers, typically unsalted ones. The crackers are ground into fine crumbs or …
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Enriched Long Grain Parboiled Rice
Enriched long grain parboiled rice is a type of rice that has been processed to improve its nutritional value and …
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Parboiled Long Grain Rice
Parboiled long grain rice is a type of rice that has been partially boiled in the husk. This process helps …
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Spelt
Spelt is an ancient grain, a type of wheat that has been cultivated for thousands of years. It has a …
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Pea Flour
Pea flour is made from dried, ground peas. It is a gluten-free flour that can be used as a substitute …
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Hard Red Wheat
Hard red wheat is a type of wheat with a hard kernel and a reddish-brown bran. It is a common …
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Ground Flaxseed
Ground flaxseed is made from flaxseeds, which are the tiny seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum). The seeds are …
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Ground Yellow Corn
Ground yellow corn is a common grain product made from dried kernels of yellow corn that have been milled. It …
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White Corn Meal
White corn meal is a coarse flour made from dried white corn kernels. The kernels are ground to varying degrees …
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Amaranth Flour
Amaranth flour is made from amaranth, a grain-like seed that has been cultivated for thousands of years. The tiny seeds …
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White Sesame Seeds
White sesame seeds are the small, oval seeds of the sesame plant, native to Africa. They are harvested, cleaned, and …
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Organic Semolina
Organic semolina is a coarse flour made from durum wheat, a hard variety of wheat. It is produced by milling …
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Organic Wheat Starch
Organic wheat starch is a carbohydrate derived from organic wheat. It is the pure starch portion of the wheat kernel, …
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Crackers
Crackers are thin, crisp baked goods, usually made from flour, water, and salt. They are typically leavened with baking soda …
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Ground Flax Seeds
Ground flax seeds are made from whole flax seeds that have been milled into a coarse powder. Flax seeds come …
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Stone Ground Whole Wheat Flour
Stone ground whole wheat flour is a type of flour made from the entire wheat kernel, including the bran, germ, …
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Organic Whole Rolled Oats
Organic whole rolled oats are whole oat groats that have been steamed and flattened into flakes. They are a whole …
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Whole Wheat/graham Flour
Whole wheat flour is made by grinding the entire wheat kernel, which includes the bran (outer layer), germ (embryo), and …
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Oat Extract
Oat extract is a liquid or powder made from oats, a type of grain. It is produced by processing oat …
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Malted Barley Flour As A Natural Enzyme Additive
Malted barley flour is made from barley grains that have been allowed to sprout, or germinate, and then dried. This …
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Enriched Wheat Flour Wheat Flour
Enriched wheat flour is a common ingredient made by milling wheat grains into a fine powder. The term "enriched" means …
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Garbanzo Bean Flour
Garbanzo bean flour, also known as chickpea flour, is made from dried garbanzo beans (chickpeas). The beans are ground into …
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This site presents label data from USDA FoodData Central for general information. It is not medical advice.
Check the package label; formulations change.