Grain
Cordiale
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Cordiale is a UK winter wheat of Group 2 milling quality, bridging breadmaking and general-purpose flour uses. It provides useful protein and gluten strength for blending into bread flours without always meeting the highest Group 1 premium alone. Millers use Cordiale-type Group 2 wheat to stretch Group 1 grists, adjust dough rheology, and supply household plain and bread-making flours. It is characteristic of modern British dual-purpose milling wheat breeding.
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Breeding programmes targeted Group 2 winter wheats such as Cordiale for flexible milling markets.
Cordiale entered commercial production under UK milling classifications.
Growers expanded Cordiale where Group 2 contracts and yield economics favoured it over Group 1.
Millers blended Cordiale into bread and general-purpose flour grists.
Cordiale competed with other Group 2 varieties for Recommended List and contract share.
Group 2 types including Cordiale remained important for cost-effective UK bread flour blends.