Wheat is made widely throughout the world. Flour, a large amount of production Following the corn. It is about 600 million tons production per year at present. People around the world, is eating flour obtained by processing the wheat.
We can divided the wheat into various types "soft (soft) wheat" or "hard (hard) wheat," according to the hardness of the grain. Protein and starch are tightly packed inside the grains of hard wheat. However, it is not packed so tightly in the soft wheat.
Described above, difference in protein of wheat grain is genetic. So, it is possible to classify when you make by choosing the seed.
In addition, there is a land that is suitable for soft wheat and land suitable for hard wheat. For example, the excellent lands from the northern half of America to southwest of Canada are hard wheat-producing areas to the world's best. Hard wheat is sometimes referred to as semi-hard wheat if protein is not too much. Most of the wheat in Japan is soft wheat.Sometimes it referred to as "intermediate quality wheat"because amount of protein is slightly more than the normal soft wheat.