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Wheat

TriticumAlso called q15645384

Wheat is a cereal grain. Its fruit is used in baking.

  • Plant-based
  • Contains gluten
  • Allergen: wheat
  • Allergen: gluten cereals

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Fruit
Family
Poaceae
Cooked most in
Africa, Asia, Europe
Top country
Indonesia
Wheat, plant

Photo: User:Bluemoose · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use wheat

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake

Preparing it

Remove the chaff after threshing the grain.

Nutrition

What 100 g of wheat holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 15%Fat 2%Carbohydrate 83%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of wheat
Energy327 kcal · 1,368 kJ
Protein13 g
Fat1.5 g
of which saturated0.27 g
Carbohydrate71 g
of which sugars0.41 g
Fibre12 g
Sodium2 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of wheat: minerals and vitamins
Potassium363 mg
Calcium29 mg
Iron3.2 mg
Magnesium126 mg
Zinc2.7 mg
Folate38 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 168890), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where wheat is cooked

8 dishes in the catalogue use wheat. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list wheat among their ingredients.

Origins

First cultivated
about 9,600 BCE

  1. About 8,500 BCE

    Wheat became a staple around 8500 BC.

  2. About 3,500 BCE · India

    Wheat was cultivated in India around 3500 BC.

  3. About 2,600 BCE · China

    Wheat likely appeared near the lower Yellow River around 2600 BC.

On the table

Dishes made with wheat

8 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Aşure

  • Bolu kukus

    Indonesia

  • Boko Boko Harees

    Burundi

  • Lakh

    Senegal

  • Cuccìa PAT

    Italy

  • Tavukgöğsü

    Türkiye

  • Cireng

  • Harees

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include wheat.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: wheat in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: wheat, gluten cerealsChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
Contains
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

Made from it
bulgur (crushed, dried, parboiled), wheat flour (ground)

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What wheat is called

Names in 192 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    trigo

  • French

    blé

  • Italian

    grano · frumento · tritico · triticum

  • Portuguese

    trigo

  • German

    Weizen

  • Dutch

    tarwe

  • Greek

    σιτάρι · στάρι

  • Turkish

    buğday · buğday tanesi

  • Russian

    пшеница · пшеничная крупа

  • Polish

    pszenica

  • Arabic

    قمح · القمح · فوم · غلة

  • Persian

    گندم

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  • Afrikaans

    koring

  • Albanian

    Gruri

  • Amharic

    ስንዴ

  • ami

    Edid

  • Angika

    गेहूँ

  • Aragonese

    trigo · Triticum

  • Aramaic

    ܚܛܬܐ

  • Armenian

    ցորեն

  • Aromanian

    Grânu

  • Assamese

    গম

  • Asturian

    trigu

  • Atikamekw

    mirominockw

  • Awadhi

    गोहूँ

  • azb

    بوغدا

  • Azerbaijani

    Buğda

  • Balinese

    Gandum

  • Bangla

    গম

  • Bashkir

    Бойҙай

  • Basque

    gari

  • Bavarian

    Woaz

  • Belarusian

    пшаніца

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    пшаніца

  • Betawi

    Terigu

  • Bhojpuri

    गोहूँ

  • Bikol

    Trigo

  • Bosnian

    Pšenica

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    trigo

  • Breton

    gwinizh

  • Bulgarian

    пшеница · жито · зимница

  • Buriat

    Улаан буудай · шэниисэ

  • Burmese

    ဂျုံ

  • Cantonese

    小麥

  • Catalan

    blat

  • cdo

    Siēu-măh

  • Cebuano

    trigo

  • Central Kurdish

    گەنم

  • Chechen

    КӀа

  • Chinese

    小麦 · 麦子

  • Chuvash

    Тулă

  • Cornish

    Gwaneth

  • Crimean Tatar

    boğday

  • Croatian

    pšenica

  • Czech

    pšenice · Triticum

  • dag

    Alkama

  • Danish

    hvede

  • Divehi

    ގޮދަން

  • dty

    गहुँ

  • Egyptian Arabic

    قمح

  • Esperanto

    tritiko

  • Estonian

    nisu

  • Extremaduran

    Triticum

  • Faroese

    Hveiti

  • Fiji Hindi

    gehuun

  • Fijian

    Witi

  • Filipino

    trigo

  • Finnish

    vehnä · nisu (vanhentunut) · Vehnät

  • Friulian

    Forment

  • Galician

    trigo

  • Gan Chinese

    小麥

  • gcr

    Blé

  • Georgian

    ხორბალი

  • Guarani

    Avati mirĩ · Avatimirĩ

  • Gujarati

    ઘઉં

  • Haitian Creole

    Ble

  • Hebrew

    חיטה

  • Hindi

    गेहूँ

  • Hungarian

    búza

  • hyw

    ցորեն

  • Icelandic

    Hveiti

  • Ido

    Frumento

  • Iloko

    trigo

  • Interlingua

    Tritico

  • Inupiaq

    Palauvakstrat

  • Irish

    cruithneacht

  • Jamaican Creole English

    Wiit

  • Japanese

    小麦 · コムギ

  • Kabyle

    Irden

  • Kannada

    ಗೋಧಿ

  • Kanuri

    Wheat

  • Kazakh

    Бидай

  • kbp

    Pilee

  • kge

    Gondum

  • Kinaray-a

    trigo

  • Korean

    밀

  • Kyrgyz

    Буудай

  • Latin

    Triticum

  • Latvian

    kvieši

  • lbe

    лачӏа

  • Ligurian

    gran

  • Limburgish

    Weit

  • Lingua Franca Nova

    Trigo

  • Literary Chinese

    麥

  • Lithuanian

    kvietys

  • lld

    selin · formënt · forment

  • Lombard

    formét

  • Low German

    Weet · Weten

  • Luxembourgish

    Weess

  • Macedonian

    Пченица

  • Maithili

    गहूँ

  • Malagasy

    Varimbazaha

  • Malay

    gandum · Gandum

  • Malayalam

    ഗോതമ്പ്

  • Maltese

    qamħ

  • Manchu

    ᠮᠠᡳᠰᡝ

  • Marathi

    गहू

  • Mazanderani

    گندم

  • Min Nan Chinese

    Be̍h-á · sió-be̍h

  • Mirandese

    trigo

  • Mongolian

    Улаан буудай

  • Navajo

    tłʼoh naadą́ą́ʼ

  • Neapolitan

    Rano

  • Nepali

    गहुँ

  • Newari

    ऋचेयु · छ्व

  • Northern Frisian

    Wiaten

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    hvete

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    kveitekorn · kveite

  • Occitan

    blat

  • Odia

    ଗହମ

  • Oromo

    Qamadii

  • Ossetic

    Мæнæу

  • Pampanga

    trigu

  • Pashto

    غنم

  • Pennsylvania German

    Weeze

  • Picard

    Blèi

  • Piedmontese

    Gran

  • Pontic

    κοκίν

  • Punjabi

    ਕਣਕ

  • Romanian

    grâu · bob de grâu

  • Romany

    Giv

  • rsk

    Жито

  • Rusyn

    Пшеніця

  • Samogitian

    Kvėitē

  • Sanskrit

    गोधूमः

  • Santali

    ᱜᱩᱦᱩᱢ

  • Saterland Frisian

    Weete

  • Scots

    wheat

  • Serbian

    пшеница

  • Serbian (Latin)

    pšenica

  • Shan

    ၵျုင်ႇ · ၶဝ်ႈမွႆ

  • Shona

    Gorosi

  • Sichuan Yi

    ꅪ

  • Sicilian

    Furmentu

  • Simplified Chinese

    小麦

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    小麦

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    小麦

  • Sindhi

    ڪڻڪ

  • Sinhala

    තිරිඟු

  • Slovak

    pšenica

  • Slovenian

    pšenica

  • Somali

    Qamadi

  • Sundanese

    tarigu

  • Swahili

    Ngano

  • Swedish

    vete

  • Swiss German

    Weizen

  • Tachelhit

    irdn

  • Tajik

    Гандум

  • Tamil

    கோதுமை

  • Tatar

    бодай

  • Tatar (Cyrillic)

    бодай

  • Telugu

    గోధుమ

  • Thai

    ข้าวสาลี

  • Tibetan

    གྲོ།

  • Toki Pona

    kasi pan

  • Traditional Chinese

    小麥

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    小麥

  • Traditional Chinese (Macao SAR China)

    小麥

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    小麥

  • Tulu

    ಗೋಧಿ

  • Tumbuka

    tirigu · tiligu

  • Tunisian Arabic (Arabic)

    قمح

  • Tuvinian

    Кызыл-тас

  • Udmurt

    чабей

  • Ukrainian

    пшениця · Triticum · яра пшениця · озима пшениця

  • Upper Sorbian

    pšeńca

  • Urdu

    گندم · گہوں

  • Uyghur

    بۇغداي

  • Uzbek

    Bugʻdoy

  • Venetian

    Formento · triticum

  • Veps

    Nižu

  • Vietnamese

    lúa mì · lúa miến · tiểu mạch

  • Võro

    Nisu

  • Walloon

    frumint · froumint · fromint · Triticum aestivum

  • Waray

    trigo

  • Welsh

    Gwenith

  • West Flemish

    Terwe

  • Western Mari

    Шӓдӓнгӹ

  • Western Panjabi

    کݨک · گندم

  • Wu Chinese

    小麦

  • Yiddish

    ווייץ

  • Zaza

    Ğele

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q15645384

Photos

Photo: User:Bluemoose · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons