Black Wheat Atta

Black Wheat is known as Kala Gehu and has been developed by National Agri Biotechnology Institute after 7 years of research by a process of selectively cross breeding 2 cultivars, one of a Japanese variety and two of high yield Indian variety.  The purpose of working on this variety was to increase the content of anthocyanin as it prevents formation of free radicals in human body. Kala Gehu isn’t genetically modified but has been created by selectively cross breeding 2 cultivars.

Kala Gehu is richer in all nutrients, bioactive compounds and antioxidants that help in reducing inflammation, protecting against oxidative stress, cancer, heart diseases, obesity and lowering risk of chronic diseases.   In comparison to regular wheat it has extra protein, iron and zinc as well.

Below mentioned is a short comparison to regular wheat and kala gehu

Why Svaguna ?

Our kala gehu is cultivated on our natural farms at Vivavan located in Amarwara, Madhya Pradesh.  We are cultivating our gehu naturally without the use of any fertilisers, chemicals, bio-pesticides, etc on our food forest.   As wheat is cultivated in abundance in our area,  we thought kala gehu would also grow well.  We grind  (not pulverize) our flour from the wheat freshly before packing the same thus ensuring all the goodness is retained and it is fresh.     It is good to taste and easier to digest in comparison to the regular gehu.  One can use it to make rotis, naans, pizza base, cookies, etc.