The International Working Group on Whole Grain Definition(s) is pleased to announce that the global definition for what constitutes a Whole Grain Food has been approved and endorsed by Cereals & Grains Association, HealthGrain Forum and ICC.
The Oldways Whole Grains Council, based in the United States, celebrates whole grains with a nationwide Whole Grain Sampling Day campaign on the last Wednesday in March each year.
With the WGI’s Global Definitions Working Group in the last stages of finalizing its whole-grain food definition, the group’s chair, Jan-Willem van der Kamp, and a few other representatives from the group introduced the details of the definition in a short webinar on 2nd December 2020.
The virtual roundtable webinar celebrating International Whole Grain Day on 19 November 2020 attracted nearly 600 registrants from 73 countries, roughly half of whom attended the live event.
After the Global Definition of Whole Grain as Food Ingredient, the WGI International Working Group on Whole Grain Definitions elaborated in the past month a proposal for a Global Whole-Grain Food Definition.
As part of our 2nd Annual International Whole Grain Day celebration, watch key opinion leaders from around the globe offer their support for whole grains!
