If it's from a small health food store bakery then it may be okay, but in 
commercial products it's possible that the components have been separated 
and then recombined for the 100% whole wheat designation. I have not 
actually found anything saying that it is against the law though. I recall 
reading that online a few years back (the law sought to avoid rancification 
of flour products) which prompted me to get my own grain mill.

I will try and find out more about this later.

Marilyn

http://www.jermarpress.com/preview.html

      What's wrong with commercial whole wheat?
            Few people realize that the "whole wheat" used in virtually all 
commercially packaged products is processed exactly like white flour. The 
bran, germ and endosperm are mechanically separated then recombined 
according to a standard formula into "whole wheat."



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shirley sommers" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: Good article on eating


> Marilyn,
>   What about the few products that are labeled 100% whole grain wheat and 
> that is all there is on the ingredient list as far as grains go ? DH is 
> the only one that eats bread in this house and this is all I will buy.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Shirley
>
> Marilyn Harris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Philip
>
> These are not "whole grains" in most cases, though. In all commercial
> flours the germ has been milled out to leave a far less nutritious 
> product.
> The reason for doing this is that the oils in wheat germ will go rancid
> *very* quickly and would be toxic to the human system. Therefore flour
> producers have to remove it (by law). So all of these products are not 
> made
> from complete wheat berries. I used to make bread a couple of years ago, 
> and
> ended up buying a flour mill to grind my own because of this.
>
> Marilyn
>
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