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Grain. Various food grains at a market in India. A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit ( caryopsis) – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. [ 1] A grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legumes . After being harvested, dry grains are ...
A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize. Edible grains from other plant families, such as buckwheat and quinoa, are pseudocereals.
A whole grain is a grain of any cereal and pseudocereal that contains the endosperm, germ, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm. [ 1][ 2][ 3] As part of a general healthy diet, consumption of whole grains is associated with lower risk of several diseases. [ 4][ 5] Whole grains are a source of carbohydrates ...
Here’s a list of all the whole grains, as well as their health benefits. What are whole grains? A whole grain contains all three parts of the wheat plant — the bran, germ and endosperm ...
Grains come in two varieties, the larger grains produced by drought-sensitive crops are called cereals, and the smaller drought-resistant varieties are millets. Grains can be consumed in a variety of ways, all of which require husking and cooking, including whole , rolled, puffed , or ground into flour .
This is a list of breakfast cereals. Many cereals are trademarked brands of large companies, such as Kellanova, WK Kellogg Co, General Mills, Malt-O-Meal, Nestlé, Quaker Oats and Post Consumer Brands, but similar equivalent products are often sold by other manufacturers and as store brands. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can ...
This is a list of rice cultivars, also known as rice varieties. There are several species of grain called rice. [ 1 ] Asian rice ( Oryza sativa) is most widely known and most widely grown, with two major subspecies ( indica and japonica ) and over 40,000 varieties. [ 2 ]
Barley is a cereal, a member of the grass family with edible grains. Its flowers are clusters of spikelets arranged in a distinctive herringbone pattern. Each spikelet has a long thin awn (to 160 mm (6.3 in) long), making the ears look tufted. The spikelets are in clusters of three.