page_title: Whole grain
section_title: Varieties
hierarchical_section_title: Whole grain / Varieties
context_page_description: A whole grain, also called a wholegrain, is a grain of any cereal and pseudocereal that contains the endosperm, germ, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
  As part of a general healthy diet, consumption of whole grains is associated with lower risk of several diseases. Whole grains are a source of carbohydrates, multiple nutrients and dietary fiber.
context_section_description: Whole grain sources include:
  Cereals
  Wheat (spelt, emmer, farro einkorn, Kamut, durum)
  Rice (black, red and other colored rice varieties)
  Barley (hulled and dehulled but not pearl)
  Maize
  Rye
  Oats (including hull-less or naked oats)
  Minor cereals
  Millets
  Sorghum
  Teff
  Triticale
  Canary grass
  Job's tears
  Fonio, black fonio, Asian millet
  Wild rice
  Pseudocereals
  Amaranth
  Buckwheat, Tartary buckwheat
  Quinoa
caption: African rice in its inedible husk (seed rice, will sprout)
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