Re: Whole wheat/grain

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:32:05 +1100, Ozgirl posted:


"hlmw" <hlmw1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Saw an item on TV that bears thinking about: Whole wheat bread or other
such products have been refined, therefore do not contain the whole
grain, even if it says 100% whole wheat on the package.
For the whole of the kernel of wheat or other grains to be present in a
product it must specify "whole grain".
I will have to change my buying habits.
Lorna

I buy whole grain not whole wheat or wholemeal. Years ago it was rumoured
that wholemeal bread was dyed to look browner and as they used to quite
dark'ish I can believe it. I buy soy/linseed and there are intact grains of
something in there ;)

If they are little black 'teardrop-shaped' grains, they are probably
flax (linseed). I did notice someone mentioned that those will go
right through you unless they are ground, though.

Does anyone here eat roasted flax seed? I love the stuff, and am
considering roasting my own. We grow a lot of it around here, and it's
cheap.


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