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Contact SupplierWheat (Triticum spp.) has a long history of crop domestication, which revolutionized human cultural evolution and led to the emergence of human civilization. Modern wheat cultivars mainly consist of two polyploid species such as hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) and tetraploid hard or durum wheat (Triticum turgidum) used for macaroni and low-rising bread. Another kind of cultivated diploid species einkorn wheat (Triticum momococcum) is a relic and only exists in some mountainous Mediterranean regions. Approximately 95% of the wheat currently grown worldwide is hexaploid bread wheat and the remaining 5% are mainly tetraploid durum wheat. Wheat is considered as the world's largest and most important cereal crop for human staple food, with an annual production of > 700 million tonnes produced globally over the past few years.
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil is an oil expressed or extracted from the germ of Triticum vulgare. Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil contains significant amounts of Vitamin E, an essential factor in the human diet, which has led to its use as a dietary supplement. Since Wheat Germ (The embryonic form of a grain from which a new organism is developed.) Oil is obtained from natural sources; the amount of Vitamin E can vary based on different varieties of wheat grown under variable climatic conditions.