Great River Milling Organic Whole Grain Hard Red Spring Wheat Berries | Hard Red Whole Wheat | High Protein & Gluten | Non-GMO & Kosher | Perfect For Bread, Salad, Pilaf, Bagels & More | 25 Lb

This is beautiful wheat. It's not even dusty. (The wheat I was using before was HORRID by comparison; I had to sift through it by hand to check for bits of dirt and even small rocks, there were a lot of broken grains, and there were little dead bugs. When I received THIS wheat and opened the bag, there was such a difference that I took that old wheat and threw it out on the lawn!) The grains are pleasingly full, never withered. There are very few broken grains. I found a few stray kernels of a tiny buckwheat-like grain, but those won't hurt anything. NO ROCKS or other non-grain contaminants whatsoever. It is very well cleaned. There were a few un-husked wheat kernels, maybe 1-3 in the nine cups of wheat I put through my mill to make three loaves of bread. It was easy enough to spot them and pick them out by hand, and the ones I miss do no harm. The bread I produced with this wheat, using the same recipes I always do from the excellent "Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book" (ISBN 978-0394537009), was simply outstanding, especially when baked in USA Pans ("8.5 x 4.5 Inch Aluminized Steel Loaf Pan with Americoat"). The wheat is high in gluten and produces high-rising, flavorful loaves. I'm sure the specific flavor and gluten content varies from crop to crop, but I was very satisfied with this particular bag of wheat. I have used ALL of it except for a handful that is sitting in a pickle jar, and am back to order more. **Update January 2014** I ordered the 50-pound bag in December '13, since I had been happy with the 25-pound bag and had gone through it so quickly. I don't know why, but it is not nearly as clean as the wheat in the 25-pound bag was. I picked out maybe 1/8 to 1/4 tsp of hard little dirt chunks (plus one small chunk of either asphalt or rock!) from a six-cup batch of wheat. I miss being able to just give the wheat a quick check and then dump it in the mill.

I can't speak to baking with this wheat, since I only use it to grow wheatgrass for my chickens and rabbits. But what I can say is that it performs wonderfully, with almost all seeds germinating. I've tried other suppliers with mixed success. This company's seeds always seem to be better than others. They are very clean too. I've had some others filled with dust, which isn't a huge deal for my purposes, but if I was using the seed for personal consumption, might be unpleasant. Very pleased, and I use a LOT of it. Chickens and rabbits love this fresh grown grass. You get a lot of feed out of a small amount of seed and water. My chickens eat every scrap, roots and all. Some rabbits can be a little fussier about the roots. Every morning, they are lined up waiting for their grass. Even though they have feeders full of pellets. This is candy to them. My egg yolks are as dark as oranges, even in winter.

Love it! Makes yummy bread!

Beautiful clean wheat that would be wonderful for bread making. I purchased to grow and find it slow to germinate, but it does if you soak before planting. Arrived quickly, clean, and fresh smelling. Normal size and function for wheat. Paper sack which is risky for shipping and storage but good for composting. I stored into a plastic container to keep fresh and dry. Great buy for organic, a little expensive but worth it!

I mill it and the flour is great, taste wonderful for bread.

Great quality wheat berries. I've ordered them twice now and have been impressed each time. I bake bread, biscuits, tortillas, cake, and so much more with these wheat berries that I grind. I store it in plastic buckets with desiccant packets to keep fresh until I am ready to use more of it.

I buy this brand always started using it in 2014. This last batch had all those stones (see photo) in only 3 cups of grain. I hope they are not going downhill it is being a good product at a competitive price for many years this is why I didn't have the heart to give them 3 stars but this is not the quality of the last 10 years. I will buy again hopefully is was just a bad year.

I was kind of torn on whether or not to order because reviews were so mixed however, I was pleasantly surprised to see there were no bugs and little to no pieces of anything other than grain. I really wanted to start milling my own flour for my sourdough starter, but finding grain that’s organic and yet at a reasonable price is really hard. As of right now, this is the best grain that’s ready to use I have found, price and quality wise. I will continue to order from them in future, however the moment the quality changes I will update my review.