Identify Cereals

Wheat

Wheat is the world's most-grown bread cereal.

💡 Did you know? It yields the classic white-flour dough.

Rye

Rye thrives even on poor, cold soils.

💡 Did you know? It gives dark bread its hearty flavour.

Barley

Barley is easy to spot by its long awns.

💡 Did you know? It is the key raw material for brewing beer.

Oats

Oats bear a loose panicle, not a spike.

💡 Did you know? As rolled oats it is a popular breakfast.

Maize

Maize forms thick cobs with many yellow kernels.

💡 Did you know? It originally comes from Central America.

Rice

Rice is the staple food for half of humanity.

💡 Did you know? It usually grows in flooded paddies.

Millet

Millet covers many small-grained, gluten-free cereals.

💡 Did you know? It is among the oldest cultivated crops.

Spelt

Spelt is an ancient relative of wheat.

💡 Did you know? Harvested unripe, its grain is called ‘Grünkern’.

Buckwheat

Buckwheat is not a true cereal at all (a pseudocereal).

💡 Did you know? Its grains are three-sided.

Quinoa

Quinoa comes from the Andes and is a pseudocereal.

💡 Did you know? It supplies all essential amino acids.

Emmer

Emmer is an ancient wheat from the Neolithic.

💡 Did you know? It is being rediscovered as an ‘ancient grain’.

Triticale

Triticale is a cross of wheat and rye.

💡 Did you know? It combines the yield and hardiness of both.