I recently received a Vitamix Blender, and have been experimenting with using it to grind my own flour at home. Once you have tried *real* whole grain flour, you will never go back! The pricing of this 25 pound bag, with delivery, is better than I have been able to find anywhere, and the grains make a great, strong whole-grain flour. Note that this is not flour, but actual wheat seeds (often referred to as "wheat berries").In addition, the grains are fertile, meaning that you can use them to make sprouted grain. Or if you are a survivalist, you can plant the grains and actually grow a crop!
Another main advantage of whole grain is its shelf life. There are reports that 2000 year old grain has been found and germinated! In any case, if properly stored, you can expect a 5-10 year shelf life from whole grain, as opposed to a much shorter shelf life with flour. I purchsed a 5-gallon bucket with a "gamma 2" lid for storing the grain, and I'm confident that it will keep nicely fresh for a long time to come.
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25# of wheat seems like a lot when you're trying to find a place for it! Nevertheless, buying it this way is much cheaper because I can sprout it, grind it & grow it--and do.these berry's grind very well and make great bread however they do not sprout very well, Ive tried 6 times using different methods to no avail,mold developed every time extensively,the best i got was approx 30 to 40% sprouting,so as far as grinding they are good.absolute not for sprouting.i will order again because of price and success in grinding.Ive had 100% success using a different organic hard wheat berry purchased on amazonThis product is wonderful! I don't have anything to compare it to, other than comparing freshly ground wheat flour from these berries and store bought wheat flour. My husband and I were previously buying wheat flour from our coop in the bulk section but had been wanting to get a grain grinder to start grinding our own wheat for nutritional value and freshness. When I grind this wheat to use for bread etc, it performs so much better than the already ground store bought flour. I had much better lift in yeast bread I made a couple weeks ago! I pretty much bake everything from scratch: our sandwich bread, cornbread, granola (that has a little bit of flour in it), desert breads, cakes, hamburger buns etc., so I just keep this in half gallon mason jars on top of some shelves. They look nice and since 8 cups of whole berries makes about 12 cups of flour, it really saves space too. I called several local food stores and could not find anyone who could beat this price. This shipped so fast that I couldn't imagine what was in the box. I will be ordering again!
