KIALLA | Spelt Flour Wholegrain Organic (Calico Bag) 5kg

DESCRIPTION
Kialla -We Only Do Organic
Produced by removing the firm outer husk then roller milling the inner kernel of grain and sieving out the bran. The end product makes for an easy digestible food when baked. Retains a substantial proportion of spelt's nutrients, although some of the dietary fibre is lost from removing the bran. High in nutrition and has a nutty flavour.
Spelt (Triticum spelta) is an ancient hulled wheat (aka a 'glume wheat') that has been cultivated since 5000BCE. It has a nuttier flavour than standard flour. Due to the hull protecting it, the grain is resistant to environmental and ecological damage during its entire growth phase. Although a relative of common wheat it has undergone little change via breeding processes over the millennia. Common wheat is unhulled and thus easier to thresh and mill, which is probably why it has become more popular. An unhulled wheat also lends itself more easily to breeding for characteristics such as yield. Spelt is more expensive than modern wheats because it requires the extra stage of husk removal before milling.

FEATURES
Packed in Australia and Certified GMO free

At Kialla, we only do organics so we're 100% committed to using organic production and processing methods. We support and encourage organic farmers and environmental sustainability and provide our clients with the widest range of high quality organic cereal grains, while also ensuring consistent and reliable supplies, helps us strive to continually improve. Our commitment to organics, to quality and integrity in the food chain, and to reliability and consistency in our products. Kialla Pure Foods declares egg, soy, buckwheat, gluten and milk as allergens on site. This does not mean that each allergen is present in every product. We segregate allergenic product at all times and some allergens may only apply to specific production lines. As best practice of allergen management, Kialla Pure Foods conducts VITAL assessments to ensure the correct "may be present" statements apply.

BENEFITS
Spelt-wheat is high in high-quality protein, very rich in vitamins A and E as well as B group vitamins and contains many minerals like magnesium, phosphorus and especially iron.

Genetic evidence suggests it is a naturally occurring hybrid of emmer and wild goat-grass, a hybridisation that took place around Anatolia some 7000 years ago. It likely predated common bread wheat by a few thousand years. Spelt was a staple grain in Europe from the Bronze age to the Middle Ages. However, by the 20th century it had been replaced by the easier-to-mill bread wheat in most areas and became a relict crop in Central Europe and northern Spain before it's revitalisation as a healthy ancient grain in the late 20th century.