WHEAT AND ITS TYPES

Wheat is regarded as one of the major staple foods that stood second only after the major crops rice in India. The effective trace of the presence of Wheat has been found in many of the excavation sites of the Harappan Culture that exist right from the 2900-1900 BCE. Kalibangan, one of the prominent sites of the IVC that is situated in Rajasthan, bears the evidence of wheat cultivation as it has also the evidence of the big Furrowed field. The major food crop cultivated there is Wheat, therefore, it has a very long lasting impact on the history of the progress of human civilization in India.  

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Wheat

The concerned food crops have a long history in the region of India. The effective present of the concerned food crops in India is happening right from the beginning of human civilization in India. The main reason for the cultivation of the present crop in India is the Northern Indo-Gangetic Plain that is sometimes regarded as the “Wheat Bowl of India”. The states situated in the concerned region of India have the capacity of producing almost 86% of the gross wheat produced in India. In the year 2019 India has been placed second only after China as the second largest producer of Wheat in the world. Wheat is the major staple food crops that has been produced in the northern plain region of India. Along with that the concerned crops traces have also been found in the other ancient excavation sites of IVC in Chirand, that is presently situated in the district named Siran in Bihar, in India. Therefore, the antiquity of the concerned food crop existence in India is beyond Question.  Immediately after independence the government took the initiative to produce the gross amount of the food crops by reaping the fruits of “Green Revolution in India”.

Wheat Flour

Wheat flour is generally the powder made from the wheat by means of grinding them in the machine or in any other way; it is used in pastries, white bread, pizza and pasta. These flour are basically made for the effective consumption of the food in a very smooth manner. This has various types but that has only been made by the category of soft or hard. On the other hand, the endosperm, Germ are the two major components from which the flour of wheat is generally made. At the same time, while preparing the flour of wheat the bran part has been excluded from it. 

Types of Wheat

Immediately after the commission of the “Green Revolution in India” the government of India has brought several types of Wheat as part of producing a large number of food grains in order to satiate the internal demand for its people. There are generally three types of Wheat grown in India and these are VL-832, Aditya, and Aestivum that is generally known as the bread wheat. This Aestivum type of the wheat has been grown in India largely because this will be fine or suitable for making the bread for the consumption of the people of India. On the other hand, it can be said that this type of wheat is basically grown in the northern part or the northern region of India effectively.  Simultaneously, the Aestivum type of wheat stood second in India from the quality point of view. Therefore, these are the major types of wheat that generally grows in the fertile Indo-Gangetic plain region of northern India. 

Calorific Value of Wheat

The major food grain named Wheat possessed a huge amount of calories in each 100g.  The data suggested that the nutritional value of wheat is high in nature as it contains almost 339 kcl, the amount of Carbohydrates in it was 72.57 g. On the other hand, it contains the amount of sugars is 0.41g, and contains the Dietary Fiber is of 12.2g. Side by side, almost 1.87g of fat is present in each 100g of wheat. Not only the carbohydrate and the sugar and fat exists in each of the 100g of wheat but also various vitamins and proteins are effectively present there. Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9 are present there at the right amount in every 100 g of wheat. 

Conclusion

From the above study it can be easily pointed out that the wheat in India is regarded as one of the major or the staple food in the majority of Indians. This originates almost from the beginning of the Village centric human civilization in India and the evidence of which can clearly be seen in various sites of IVC in India. Along with that it had become the major source of food and the hope for majority of the Indians who were suffering in the acute scarcity of the food vehemently in the famine placed in India after it got independence.