The Whole Grains Council

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Learn how to prepare whole grains from around the world with our Whole Grains Cookbook! Featuring Mediterranean, African, Asian, and Latin American dishes. READ MORE

Gluten free doesn't mean grain free

It’s a fact that most grains are gluten free – like amaranth, buckwheat, corn, millet, quinoa, and many more. Check out the facts on gluten

Look for the Whole Grain Stamp

Eight out of ten people (83%) trust the Whole Grain Stamp to accurately state a product’s whole grain content. Find out more about the Stamp

Take Our "Guess the Grains" Quiz

Are you a quinoa connoisseur or a fan of farro? Test your skills here

Corn is October's Whole Grain of the Month

To make sure you’re getting whole grain, avoid labels that say “degerminated” and look for the words “whole corn.” Learn more

Learn about whole grains

What's a Whole Grain? A Refined Grain?

All grains start life as whole grains . In their natural state growing in the ﬁelds, whole grains are the entire seed of a plant. This seed (also called a “kernel”) is made up of three edible parts – the bran, the germ, and the endosperm – protected by an inedible husk that protects the kernel from...

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Whole Grains A to Z

Check out our “Encyclopedia of Whole Grains” to get a quick overview of all the diﬀerent grains you could sample, and a few interesting facts about each one. Then dive deeper if you want more...

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Gluten Free Whole Grains

Most people ﬁnd whole grains are a delicious way to improve their health, and they enjoy the pleasures of choosing among all the diﬀerent whole grains. However, the millions of people who can’t properly digest gluten must choose their grains carefully. Luckily for them, most grains are gluten free.

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Whole Grain Stamp

Consumers searching the grocery aisles for authentic whole grain foods now have an eﬀective “search tool” – the Whole Grain Stamp. Making it easy for shoppers to spot whole grain foods helps close the Whole Grains Gap and promotes a goal long sought by nutrition and medical experts. That’s why the...

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What are the Health Benefits?

Studies show that eating whole grains instead of reﬁned grains lowers the risk of many chronic diseases. While beneﬁts are greatest with at least 3 servings daily, some studies show reduced risks from as little as one serving daily. The message: every whole grain in your diet helps!

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Our mission

The Whole Grains Council helps consumers ﬁnd whole grain foods and understand their health beneﬁts; helps manufacturers and restaurants create delicious whole grain foods; and helps the media write accurate, compelling stories about whole grains.

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Did you know?

Reﬁning wheat removes half or more of a wide range of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients – including 78% of its ﬁber.

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What's new in Whole Grains

October 23, 2024

The Growth of International Stamp Use

International Whole Grain Stamp use is on the rise, especially in regions like Latin America and Asia.

October 9, 2024

To Save the Planet, We Need to Seriously Increase our Intake of this Food Group

According to experts, the number one source of calories in a sustainable diet shouldn’t be vegetables or beans or even nuts. In order to save the planet, we should be getting most of calories from whole grains.

September 30, 2024

Visit the New Oldways Website

Did you know that the Whole Grains Council is a program of Oldways, a nutrition nonproﬁt focused on cultural food traditions? Oldways just launched a new website, full of great information and resources for anyone curious about nutrition and traditional foodways.

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