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Rye grains

Rye (and wheat) bread

Rye is a grain used as a staple food, as well as animal feed. Rye flour is often used in sourdough bread, and in fact the gluten in rye requires the acids of a sourdough ferment to develop the gumminess needed to help rye bread rise properly. A prominent sourdough rye bread is called pumpernickel.

Rye is not gluten free. Whilst it does not have the same form of gluten much loved by bread bakers, it has a protein called secalin which is also harmful to people sensitive to gluten, including those with coeliac disease.