soft wheat

noun

: a wheat with soft kernels high in starch but usually low in gluten

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Get the recipe The Best Dessert for 3 Reasons The Cake Layers Are Tall And Tender The combination of soft wheat flour, loft-lending baking powder, and plenty of butter yields cake layers that are light and fluffy, yet sturdy enough for layering all of the strawberry goodness in this recipe. Josh Miller, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025 No need to seek out specialty soft wheat biscuit flour. Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024 One cup of cooked bulgur (made from hard wheat) contains nearly 6 g of protein, more than what is found in soft wheat. Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 2 Oct. 2024 The French soft wheat harvest, set to be the lowest in 40 years due to excess rain, has also showed poor quality levels, including very low and heterogeneous specific weights, a measure of the size of grains. Sybille De La Hamaide, Reuters, 26 Sep. 2024 Ingredients Biscuits: 3 cups self-rising soft wheat flour 1/4 tsp. Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023 As a result, bread made with this wheat gets stale faster than the soft wheat varieties. Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023 Hard wheat has a higher protein content, whereas soft wheat contains more starch and less protein. Claire Saffitz, Bon Appétit, 10 Aug. 2023 Tunisia gets about 60% of its soft wheat from Ukraine and Russia, and is bracing for further shortages. Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 13 July 2022

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First Known Use

1711, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of soft wheat was in 1711

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“Soft wheat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft%20wheat. Accessed 19 May. 2025.

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soft wheat

noun
: a wheat with soft kernels high in starch but usually low in protein

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