Nuts
White Sesame
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White sesame is the pale seed form—often hulled for uniform ivory colour used in baking, tahini, and Japanese shiro goma. Flavour is mild-nutty; hulling reduces slight bitterness of the bran. Dominant in Middle Eastern pastes and burger buns. Toast until fragrant, never scorched. Hulled white sesame looks cleaner on bagels than unhulled cream seed.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Burger BunHalvahTahiniToast
Traits
MildMild NuttyNuttyOften HulledPale SeedPasteTahini BaseWhite
History
TR
White sesame fed tahini and halvah traditions.
US
American baking preferred white sesame for buns.
Industrial hulling expanded ivory white sesame supply.
Premium tahini brands specified high-quality white sesame origins.