- Einkorn is the original and most ancient wheat.
- Diploid meaning it has two sets of chromosomes.Modern wheat is a hexaploid containing six.
- Einkorn does not have the D chromosome, which seems to be connected with wheat intolerance in many humans with modern day wheat.
- Einkorn is one of the oldest cultivated cereal crops in the world. It contains only 14 chromosomes as opposed to 42 in modern wheat.
- Has a hull
- More nutritious than modern wheat
- Planting rate 40 to 65 pounds per acre