The organically grown kernel of wheat is ground, then all of the ground whole wheat is blended into a complete whole wheat flour, nothing added, nothing removed. In addition, only the purest ingredients of: sesame oil, sesame seed, U.S. Grade AA butter, clover honey, yeast and salt are carefully selected to ensure the highest grade of quality and once again resulting in very costly ingredients. These factors combined with ak-mak's unexcelled quality throughout the century has made ak-mak the Gold Medallion/Blue Ribbon Winner multiple times.