Wheat

Wheat from Pakistan

Pakistan is among the world’s largest wheat producers, harvesting 25-28 million tonnes annually from the irrigated plains of Punjab and Sindh. The primary growing season runs from November to April (Rabi crop), with harvest in April-May. Pakistani wheat is predominantly hard and semi-hard spring varieties (e.g. Galaxy, Faisalabad, Akbar, Seher, Punjab-11) with amber-coloured kernels, good gluten development, and milling characteristics suited for a wide range of flour products. The grain is harvested, sun-dried or mechanically dried, cleaned, and graded at modern grain handling facilities before export.

Specifications

• Grain Type: Hard/Semi-Hard Spring Wheat

• Moisture: 12-13% max

• Protein: 10-13% (variety and season-dependent)

• Gluten (wet): 25-30%

• Test Weight: 76-80 kg/hl

• Broken/Shrunken: < 3%

• Foreign Matter: < 1%

• Damaged/Discoloured: < 1%

• Aflatoxin: < 10 ppb

• Falling Number: > 250 seconds

• Colour: Amber to golden-brown

• Non-GMO

Available Grades

• Milling Grade (Grade 1): highest protein, lowest foreign matter, suitable for bread flour, chapati flour, and semolina

• Milling Grade (Grade 2): standard protein, suitable for general-purpose flour and biscuit flour

• Feed Grade: lower protein, higher tolerance for broken and shrunken kernels, for animal and poultry feed formulations

• Durum Wheat: limited availability, for pasta and semolina production (seasonal, subject to crop)

Industrial Uses

• Flour milling (bread and chapati): Pakistani wheat is milled into atta (whole wheat flour for chapati/roti), maida (refined white flour for bread, naan, pastry), and standard bread flour. Flour mills across the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia import Pakistani wheat for these products

• Semolina and pasta: Hard wheat varieties with higher protein are milled into semolina (suji/rava) for pasta, couscous, and traditional desserts

• Biscuit and confectionery flour: Lower-protein wheat fractions are used for soft flour suited for biscuits, cookies, cakes, and confectionery products

• Animal and poultry feed: Feed-grade wheat and wheat screenings are used as energy and protein ingredients in livestock, poultry, and aquaculture feed formulations

• Starch and gluten extraction: Wheat is wet-processed to produce wheat starch (for paper, textiles, adhesives) and vital wheat gluten (for baking, meat processing, pet food)

• Brewing and distilling: Wheat is used as an adjunct grain in wheat beer brewing and as a feedstock for industrial alcohol and ethanol production

• Food processing: Wheat grain and flour are used in breakfast cereals, noodles, instant noodles, snack foods, and ready-to-eat meal production

• Food aid and relief: Wheat is a standard specification grain for government food programs, UN WFP, and humanitarian relief shipments

Quality Assurance

Each shipment includes a Certificate of Quality reporting protein, moisture, gluten, test weight, broken/shrunken, foreign matter, damaged grains, aflatoxin, falling number, and non-GMO status. Phytosanitary certification, fumigation certificate, and SGS/Intertek inspection can be arranged. Pre-shipment samples are provided for buyer approval.