Wheat - High-quality Triticum Sativum Grain, Ideal For Baking, Livestock Feed, And Industrial Uses

Wheat
Wheat (Latin name, Triticum sativum) is the
dominant grain of world commerce. It is easily transported and stored
and it is used to produce a large variety of foods that include many
kinds and types of breads, cakes, noodles, crackers, breakfast foods,
biscuits, cookies, and confectionary items. Wheat is the staple food of
millions of people. It is also an important part of the daily diet of
many millions more.
Approximately two-thirds of the wheat produced in the world is used for
human food and about one-sixth is used for livestock feed. Industrial
uses, seed requirements, and post-harvest losses account for the
remaining withdrawals from the world wheat granaries. Market
opportunities are influenced by a country's stage of economic
development. Wheat is a valuable ingredient in the feed given to milk
and beef livestock and poultry because it contains more nutrients than
the traditional feed grains such as maize, sorghum and barley. Mill
feed, the by-product of wheat milling, is a beneficial raw material for
mixed feeds. Wheat oil is used to tone and soften the lips and has a
potent antioxidant activity.