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épeautre

spelt

Triticum_spelta grain length 7-8 mm

An early form of wheat, épeautre (spelt) is good for you and increasingly available even in supermarkets as well as health food shops; some bakeries make pain d’épeautre or pain à l’épeautre out of spelt flour.

Grains, seeds and cereals

Text © Dana Facaros

Image by Rasbak