Durum was discovered in Central Europe. It has a high gluten content making it a good flour to use in making pasta and heavy breads. Durum is a low fat, high carbohydrate grain that can help increase energy levels. Durum also has a very high content of Vitamin E and Vitamin B.
QUICK FACTS:
- Discovered around 7000 BCE
- Durum is a tetraploid wheat meaning it has 28 chromosomes, unlike hard red winter and hard red spring varieties of wheat that have 42 chromosomes