soft wheat
noun
: a wheat with soft kernels high in starch but usually low in gluten compare hard wheat
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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.
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Josh Miller, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
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
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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Josh Miller, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
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
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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“Soft wheat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft%20wheat. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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