What is cracked wheat?
Lillie, Heathsville, VT Wheat is thought to have been culitivated for at least 6,000 years. It’s known as the world’s largest cereal grass crop – second only to rice. Though there are over 30,000 varieties of wheat, the three major types are hard wheat, soft wheat and durum wheat. Cracked wheat is a whole wheat berry which is broken into coarse, medium and fine fragments. It is generally sold in health food stores.
