What is the percentage of protein in wheat?

🔑 Key Points
🌾 Composition of Wheat
→ The percentage of protein in wheat is 12%.
→ Wheat is 13% water, 71% carbohydrates, and 1.5% fat.
→ Its 13% protein content is mostly gluten (75–80% of the protein in wheat).

🌾 Botanical Information
→ Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food.
→ The many species of wheat together make up the genus Triticum; the most widely grown is common wheat (T. aestivum).
→ The archaeological record suggests that wheat was first cultivated in the regions of the Fertile Crescent around 9600 BCE.
→ Botanically, the wheat kernel is a type of fruit called a caryopsis.

🌾 Global Production
→ Wheat is grown on more land area than any other food crop (220.4 million hectares or 545 million acres, 2014).
→ World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined.