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The tables below give as much information as we have on where and how this grain was produced and what it’s got in it – important minerals such as zinc, iron and magnesium, as well as other things like protein and fibre that affect both nutritional value and baking performance.
Scotland The Bread is the only grain and flour producer in the UK (as far as we know) that measures and publishes such detailed information about its grains. Our aim is to improve Scottish grain and breadmaking flour so that everyone benefits.
For more detail on what exactly these figures mean for your health – and the wider environment –
read on.
Paragon wheat, crop 2018
Tested at the James Hutton Institute, June 2019.
| Mineral | mg/100g | Average reference values | Our grain/flour as % of reference values – see tab for details (over 100% = better) | Comment |
| Calcium (Ca) | 38.5 | 32.3 | 119% | |
| Iron (Fe) | 4.2 | 3.6 | 117% | |
| Potassium (K) | 448 | 372 | 120% | |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 129 | 104 | 124% | |
| Copper (Cu) | 0.44 | 0.39 | 113% | |
| Phosphorous (P) | 450 | 316 | 142% | |
| Zinc (Zn) | 3.8 | 2.2 | 173% | |
| Manganese (Mn) | 4.0 | 2.4 | 167% | |
A fairly crude snapshot of suitability for breadmaking (or other uses).
| Laboratory and test date | WM Lindsay, June 2019 | |
| Protein % | 10.18 | |
| Moisture % | 14.01 | |
| Hagberg Falling Number | 337 | Measure of natural amylase activity. Lower number = higher activity = more starch conversion to sugar. Big mills insist on 250+; Real Bread bakers can cope with lower values through long fermentation |
| Hectolitre weight (kg/hl) | 80.8 | Measures size of grain. Bigger grains have more starchy endosperm (flour) than smaller ones and a lower proportion of mineral-rich bran. Higher number = smaller grains |
Origin and description
| Name (variety, mixture, landrace) | Paragon wheat |
| Grain or flour | Wholemeal flour |
| Date of release by Scotland The Bread | March 2020– |
| Where was the grain grown? | Balcaskie Estate |
| Habit | Spring wheat |
| Harvest year | 2018 |
| Organic status | Certified organic (SOPA) |
Explanatory notes
| Reference | Ca mg/100g | Fe mg/100g | K mg/100g | Mg mg/100g | Cu mg/100g | P mg/100g | Se µg/100g | Zn mg/100g | Mn mg/100g |
| McCance & Widdowson: flour, wheat, wholemeal | 32.0 | 2.4 | 358 | 83 | 0.37 | 281 | 5 | 1.9 | 2 |
| Multielemental Fingerprinting as a Tool for Authentication of Organic Wheat, Barley, Faba Bean, and Potato. (probably wheat grain, not flour) J. Agric. Food Chem. 2011, 59, 4385–4396 | 32.2 | 3.8 | | 100 | | 302 | | 1.9 | |
| 61 ‘Wheat, flour, wholemeal’ (Denmark) | 29.8 | 3.31 | 379 | 103 | 0.32 | 313 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 2.74 |
| Wheat flour wholemeal’ (Sweden) | 35.0 | 5.0 | 380 | 130 | 0.47 | 350 | 3.4 | 2.3 | |
| Average of the above four reference values | 32.3 | 3.6 | 372 | 104 | 0.39 | 316 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
