What is Spelt?
[[File:Spelt.jpg|thumb|right|Green spelt, ''Triticum spelta'']] '''Spelt''' (''Triticum spelta''), sometimes called '''dinkel wheat''' or '''hulled wheat''',<ref name=GRIN>{{cite web|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406903|title=USDA GRIN Taxonomy|access-date=2015-05-07|archive-date=2015-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001003824/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406903|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a type of [[wheat]]. It has been [[domestication|cultivated]] since 5000 [[BC]]. It is a [[polyploidy|hexaploid]] wheat, which means it has six sets of [[chromosome]]s. Spelt was an important [[staple food]] in parts of [[Europe]] from the [[Bronze Age]] to [[Middle Ages|medieval times]]. It is still grown in [[Central Europe]] and northern [[Spain]]. Spelt originated before [[common wheat]] (''Triticum aestivum''), and that bread wheat is derived from spelt. Spelt has become more popular as a type of [[bread]] in recent years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/about/types-of-grain/spelt-grain/|title=Spelt grain|work=dovesfarm.co.uk|access-date=2015-05-07|archive-date=2015-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423062348/http://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/about/types-of-grain/spelt-grain|url-status=dead}}</ref> Spelt costs more than modern wheats. One reason is that it is a minority product. It also needs an extra stage to remove its husks before milling (grinding). Spelt needs less [[pesticide]] than normal wheat.<ref name=Taste/> [[Nutrition]]ally, wholemeal spelt is similar to normal wholemeal wheat, with higher [[protein]] content.<ref name=Taste>[http://www.taste.com.au/how+to/articles/5673/what+is+spelt What is spelt?]</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/spelt_flour Spelt flour recipes]</ref><ref>[http://livesimply.me/2014/10/08/how-to-use-spelt-flour-chicken-and-spelt-dumpling-soup/ Why should I use spelt flour?]</ref> People with [[celiac disease]] should avoid eating spelt.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Coeliac-d