Buckwheat is a wheat substitute. It comes from a flowering plant that is distantly related to knotweed and rhubarb. Buckwheat is gluten-free, and not related to wheat in any way, even though it tastes like wheat and behaves similarly.
Buckwheat is tricker to work with than wheat, because it lacks the gluten which holds things like bread and noodles together. However, you can buy many buckwheat products, as can be seen below: |
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Whole Organically Grown Buckwheat Groats
Plain, raw buckwheat groats. Cook into stews, soups and warm vegetable salads.  | Whole Buckwheat Grain - Un-roasted.
Raw buckwheat groats, ready for cooking or sprouting. Add to casseroles, soups and salads! |
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| | Whole roasted buckwheat seeds
- Versatile and easy to cook.
- Use in soup, stews, salads, instead of rice or couscous, in porridge.
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| Wheat-free, 100% buckwheat.
Wheat-Free, gluten-free 100% pure buckwheat flakes. |
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High in Potassium, gluten free. | Buckwheat flour is an alternative to wheat flour, and can be used in pancakes, scones and noodles. It is gluten-free. |
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This large bag of organic buckwheat flour is prefect if you do lots of gluten free baking. This nutty flour is used commonly to make pancakes, bread, cakes and biscuits. | A big bag of buckwheat flour. The sweet, nutty flavour of this flour makes it ideal for pancakes. It also can be used in savoury cooking and pasta making. This product is currently unavailable. |
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| | Gluten-free/wheat-free buckwheat and corn.
- Crunchy, delicately sweet & satisfying.
- Denser than traditional cornflakes.
- Taste good with dried fruit.
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| Crispbead made from buckwheat flour. |
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| Soba noodles usually contain buckwheat and wheat. In addition, we supply a 100% buckwheat soba noodle. | 
| | Spiced Clusters of Crunchy, Chewy Buckwheat and Seeds
- Infused with raisins, coconut, cinnamon & nutmeg .
- A great anytime snack, suitable for gluten intolerant.
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| Ready sliced, wholegrain gluten free bread. | Buckwheat flakes are available. These are useful if you want to make your own muesli. |
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| Full list of all of our buckwheat flour products. |
