Grains and Pseudograins

Question: Bulgur is made of barley groats.

Answer: Bulgur is a form of dry cracked wheat.

Question: Freekeh is:

Answer: Freekeh is a cereal food made from roasted immature wheat grains.

Question: All true grains are grasses.

Answer: All true grains and cereals are members of the grass family, Poaceae.

Question: Millets are true cereal grasses.

Answer: All millet plants are members of the grass family.

Question: Buckwheat is a true grain.

Answer: Buckwheat is a pseudograin in the family Polygonaceae.

Question: Sorghum syrup is a sweetener similar to honey.

Answer: Sorghum stalks can be processed into a syrupy sweetener.

Question: Which of the following is not a pseudograin?

Answer: Teff is a cereal grass with tiny edible grains. It is a staple crop in Ethiopia.

Question: Quinoa and amaranth are related.

Answer: The pseudograins amaranth and quinoa are both members of the family Amaranthaceae.

Question: Which of the following is a form of wheat?

Answer: Spelt, farro, and durum are all forms of wheat.

Question: Triticale is a:

Answer: Triticale is a wheat-rye hybrid, mostly grown as fodder.