Originating in turkey rye was extensively used during the roman empire to make rye bread our organic rye has a distinctive flavour and is still milled the old fashioned way using whole grains of rye in the stoneground process it is naturally lower in gluten than wheat producing close textured breads with a pleasing continental flavour dietary and allergen information contains gluten naturally found in rye our uk mill does not use nuts milk casein eggs soya suitable for vegetaria