Low-gluten, high-fiber wheat varieties may begin to hit the market next year
Story Date: 11/29/2018

 

Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 11/27/18



Last winter, Paul Sproule read an article regarding niche wheats being developed by Arcadia Biosciences, a Davis, California, agricultural biotechnology firm. “When I researched it, I got excited. I got on an airplane and went to California,” says the Grand Forks, North Dakota, farmer. [The trip] gave him an opportunity to check out niche non-genetically modified wheats that Arcadia BioSciences is developing under the GoodWheat brand. They include high-fiber, resistant starch wheat that boosts fiber content of food products without the bitter taste of whole wheat.

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