Buckwheat flour is milled from whole toasted buckwheat. It is heavily textured and strongly flavored, slightly bitter. Its delicious nutty taste is good in buckwheat pancake when combined with other gluten-free flours.
(Commercially processed buckwheat pancake flour mix is not safe for celiacs because it is combined with wheat flour)
Buckwheat is actually the fruit of an herbaceous plant related to rhubarb, a little like amaranth. Its edible seeds are used as a cereal grain
It comes closer to the density of animal protein, than any other plant product. Buckwheat has huge amounts of thiamine, riboflavin, calcium, and phosphorus. It is amazingly high in protein, contains a small amount of fat, and is high in B-complex vitamins, especially vitamins B1 and B2.It is known as a blood-building food because eating it neutralizes toxic acidic wastes.