Spelt is one of three husked grains; the other two grains are Einkorn and Emmer. Emmer and Einkorn have fewer chromosomes. Emmer is a diploid, meaning that it has 14 chromosomes. The confusion comes from the fact that all of these grains are ancient grains and have been called by common names by people using these grains for thousands of years.

The fact of the matter is that spelt is a stand alone grain. By stand alone we mean that you can have 100% spelt flour in bread and have a quality loaf of bread. Spelt does not need another grain to hold it together in pasta or in any other application that we know of. The Einkorn and the Emmer are not stand alone products. They need to be blended with wheat in order to make a desirable finished product.