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Jovial Organic Einkorn Whole Wheat Flour

Whole-grain einkorn flour from organic farms in Italy, one ingredient. A paid certification lists it glyphosate residue free; outside labs tested its all-purpose sibling, not this flour. Contains gluten; not safe with celiac disease.

Best for Bakers who want an organic whole-grain einkorn flour that is easy to find and are happy to rely on a paid glyphosate certification for this exact flour.

Our rating: Fair (3.3 of 5)
Price range: Mid-range
Verified marks: USDA Organic (QAI), Detox Project Glyphosate Residue Free, Regenerative Organic Alliance directory listing
Size: 2 lb (32 oz) bag
Made in: Einkorn grown on organic farms in Italy; where it is milled is not stated

approx. $10.59 for 2 lb ($5.30 a pound)

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Also sold at Amazon ($9.35 for 32 oz), Vitacost ($10.59 for 32 oz) .

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How it scores Our rating, metric by metric Fair, 3.3 of 5

Ingredients 25% of the rating 5 of 5

One ingredient on the label, organic whole wheat einkorn flour, with nothing else added.
Independent testing 25% of the rating 3 of 5

A paid certification lists this exact flour as glyphosate residue free, but its lab results are confidential. Outside labs tested the all-purpose flour, not this one, and no metal or mold result exists for it.
Sourcing & freshness 20% of the rating 2 of 5

Italian organic farms and berries packed near Siena, but no named farm, no stated milling place and only a best-before date on the pack.
Trust 10% of the rating 3 of 5

No recalls or FDA enforcement found. Points off for eight Prop 65 notices on other Jovial products and for “very weak gluten” wording that celiac readers criticize, although the page says the flour is not for celiacs.
Value 20% of the rating 3 of 5

$5.30 a pound at 2 lb, mid-priced among the einkorn flours here.

The rating, 3.3 of 5, is the weighted average of these scores. See how we rank grains & flour and our standard.

Where to buy Stores and the prices we saw 2 stores

Amazon (opens in a new tab) approx. $9.35 for 32 oz. Sold and shipped by Whole Foods Market through Amazon, in stock on 2026-10-23. Cheaper than Jovial’s $10.59.
Vitacost (opens in a new tab) approx. $10.59 for 32 oz. The same price as Jovial’s own store. In stock on 2026-10-23.

Prices as we saw them on October 23, 2026. They change often. These links carry no tracking code and earn us nothing.

What’s in it Every ingredient, in label order 1 ingredient

Organic whole wheat einkorn flour (the label adds: Contains wheat)

Who tested it What each test found, and who paid for it 5 tests

Paid certification USDA Organic, certified by QAI October 2026

Audits the farms’ and handler’s practices and records. Certifiers must also residue-test samples from at least 5 percent of the operations they certify each year (7 CFR 205.670), so no lot is tested by default. The USDA database lists Whole Wheat Einkorn Flour in Jovial’s handling scope. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Paid certification The Detox Project, Glyphosate Residue Free certification September 2026

Lists Jovial’s Whole Wheat Einkorn Flour. The program tests glyphosate only, two to three times a year at an ISO 17025 lab (its pages differ), usually to 0.01 ppm (10 ppb). The brand pays a yearly fee (the program’s page lists $1,799 for all of a brand’s products) plus lab costs, and the reports are confidential, so we cannot see the numbers. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Independent Lead Safe Mama (advocacy business; earns Amazon affiliate income and linked to Jovial’s flour after this test) June 2024

Jovial’s all-purpose einkorn flour, not this whole-grain flour. Lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic were not detected (limits 1.5, 3, 1.5 and 6 ppb). Readers crowdfunded the test; Jovial did not pay. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Independent Lead Safe Mama, retest by Purity Laboratories (Oregon) August 2025

A 2025 lot of the all-purpose flour, not this flour: lead 6.12 ppb and cadmium 5.03 ppb; mercury and arsenic not detected (limits 5 and 10 ppb). Lead Safe Mama paid for the retest and took the flour off its safer-choices list, but its founder said it is still one of the cleaner flours it has tested. A 30 g serving carries about 0.18 µg of lead and 0.15 µg of cadmium, against California’s Prop 65 levels of 0.5 µg and 4.1 µg a day. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Independent Mamavation (consumer site; earns Amazon affiliate income) June 2026

Glyphosate in Jovial’s all-purpose einkorn flour, not this flour: not detected at a 10 ppb limit, by an EPA-certified lab using LC-MS/MS. Ten organic all-purpose flours were tested. Readers mostly donated the samples, and donations from Environmental Health News and readers paid for the testing. Heavy metals and mold toxins were not tested. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Who paid, and why it matters

Independent The tester took no money from the maker for it: a consumer group, a journalist, a university or a regulator.
Paid certification An outside lab or certifier tested or listed it, and the maker paid for that.
Maker’s own test A lab report or certificate of analysis the maker commissioned and published.

A certification is a floor, not a verdict: it checks what its program checks and nothing else. We weigh tests by someone with no stake in the result most.

What people ask Worries raised online and elsewhere, and what we found 6 questions

Is einkorn flour safe if I avoid gluten?: Not with celiac disease. Jovial’s page says einkorn contains gluten and is not suitable for celiacs, yet it also says einkorn is fast becoming the wheat of choice for the gluten sensitive because of its very weak gluten. Celiac readers push back: one r/Celiac comment (opens in a new tab) says Jovial does the most it can without crossing a legal line to suggest einkorn suits gluten avoiders. A 2022 review (opens in a new tab) found ancient wheats contain more protein and gluten, and more celiac-active epitopes, than bread wheat. Our celiac disease article and gluten sensitivity article cover the rest.
Does it contain lead or cadmium?: This flour has not been tested. Lead Safe Mama’s lab tests of Jovial’s all-purpose einkorn flour found nothing detected in 2024 (opens in a new tab) and, in a 2025 retest (opens in a new tab), 6.12 ppb lead and 5.03 ppb cadmium, still low. Cadmium sits mostly in the bran, so a whole-grain flour can carry slightly more than a sifted one (see our cadmium article).
Is it really glyphosate free?: Jovial’s page says “Certified Glyphosate Free”. The certifier, The Detox Project, is paid by the brand and keeps its lab reports private, so the certificate shows a test was passed but not what it found. An independent test, Mamavation’s in 2026 (opens in a new tab), found no glyphosate (limit 10 ppb) in Jovial’s all-purpose einkorn flour, not this one.
Why do Prop 65 notices name Jovial?: The California Attorney General’s database (opens in a new tab) lists eight 60-day notices since 2021 that name Jovial Foods, seven for lead and one for cadmium. Private plaintiffs filed them, they are allegations, and the database records settlements on three. All concern other products: gluten-free and cassava pasta, vegan mac and mixed vegetables. None names an einkorn product.
Is it Regenerative Organic Certified?: In part, and the page is vague. The Regenerative Organic Alliance’s directory (opens in a new tab) lists this flour but shows no level or date. Jovial’s own page says its products are “becoming” certified, and its all-purpose flour page says “Now Regenerative Organic Certified”. Vitacost’s listing for this flour carries the line “RO Bronze - Regenerative Organic Certified”, and the Alliance’s licensing terms name three levels, Bronze, Silver and Gold, with Bronze the lowest. The certification covers farming practices, farmworker fairness and animal welfare, not residue or metal tests.
Who is paid to promote it?: We found no affiliate or ambassador program on Jovial’s site. The two testers we cite, Lead Safe Mama and Mamavation, earn Amazon affiliate income from readers who buy through their links, and Lead Safe Mama linked to Jovial’s flour after its 2024 test. We found no sign that Jovial paid either.

Why we chose it What put it on our list 5 points

The USDA Organic Integrity Database lists Jovial Foods, Inc. (NOP ID 5520031241) as certified by QAI since 2006, with Whole Wheat Einkorn Flour and Einkorn Wheat Berries in its handling scope (record read 22 Oct 2026).
The Detox Project’s Glyphosate Residue Free list names Jovial’s Whole Wheat Einkorn Flour. The brand pays for that program, which requires lab tests two to three times a year (its pages differ), but the results are confidential.
It is whole grain with one ingredient. Jovial’s FAQ says the whole wheat flour is just its organic einkorn berries ground into flour, and the label reads: organic whole wheat einkorn flour.
Outside labs have tested Jovial’s all-purpose einkorn flour: no glyphosate in 2026, and lead and cadmium not detected in 2024 and only just above the detection limit in a 2025 retest.
Jovial’s farmers page places the einkorn on Italian farms, with the berries dehusked and packed on a farm near Siena in Tuscany.

Trade-offs What to weigh before you buy 5 points

Einkorn is wheat. It contains gluten and is not safe with celiac disease. Jovial says so on the product page, but the same page says einkorn is fast becoming the wheat of choice for the gluten sensitive because of its very weak gluten, wording that celiac readers have criticized.
No outside lab has tested this flour itself. The tests we found covered the all-purpose flour. Cadmium concentrates in the bran, so this whole-grain flour may carry more than the sifted one.
There is no mill or pack date. Jovial’s FAQ says its products show a best-before date, not the date made, and whole-grain flour goes stale. The pages we opened do not say where the flour is milled or which einkorn variety it is.
It costs about $5.30 a pound for the 2 lb bag. Amazon’s listing, sold by Whole Foods Market, was cheaper than Jovial’s own store on 2026-10-23, at $9.35 for the same 32 oz; Vitacost matched Jovial’s $10.59.
Eight Prop 65 notices since 2021 name Jovial Foods. All concern other products (gluten-free and cassava pasta, vegan mac, mixed vegetables) and none names an einkorn product.

What to know Details worth knowing first

Einkorn is one of the oldest cultivated wheats, and Jovial is the brand most readers will find. This is its whole wheat flour: the whole einkorn berry, ground, with nothing else on the label. A paid certification lists it as glyphosate residue free, but no outside lab has tested this flour itself. The outside tests we found covered Jovial’s all-purpose einkorn flour. They found no glyphosate and, in 2025, only trace lead and cadmium (see what glyphosate is).

Einkorn is wheat. It contains gluten and is not safe with celiac disease, whatever the marketing says about weak gluten (see celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity). Whole-grain flour also goes stale, and Jovial prints a best-before date rather than a milling date, so store it sealed and cool.

Jovial’s own store charges $10.59 for 2 lb. Our farro article compares einkorn with other ancient wheats. For a lighter flour, see Jovial’s all-purpose version.

What we checked Each claim, and how sure we are of it 7 checks

How Jovial Organic Einkorn Whole Wheat Flour measures up against our grains & flour criteria
What we checked	What we found
Organic or residue-tested Verified	Listed in the USDA Organic Integrity Database (certifier QAI, certified since 2006; record read 22 and 23 Oct 2026). Also on The Detox Project’s Glyphosate Residue Free list, whose lab reports are private. We found no independent test of this exact flour.
The grain named Maker’s claim	Einkorn, named on the label and page. The pages we opened give neither the botanical name nor the variety.
Whole grain, stated Maker’s claim	Whole wheat einkorn flour, which Jovial’s FAQ says is the berries ground into flour. Ingredients: organic whole wheat einkorn flour. The label shows 4 g of fiber in 32 g, against 2 g in 30 g for the all-purpose flour.
A mill or pack date Not verified	A best-before date only, according to Jovial’s FAQ. We did not see a bag.
Where it is grown and milled Maker’s claim	Grown on farms in Italy, with the berries dehusked and packed near Siena, per Jovial’s farmers page. Where the flour is milled is not stated.
Gluten Maker’s claim	The product page says einkorn contains gluten and is not suitable for celiacs.
Notices and recalls Verified	Eight Prop 65 notices since 2021 name Jovial Foods, all for other products and none for einkorn (California Attorney General search, 23 Oct 2026). The openFDA food enforcement database has no entry for Jovial or its former name, Euro-USA Trading Co.

What the labels mean

Verified We opened an independent record that confirms it: a certifier’s listing, a regulator’s list or a lab report. It is linked under Sources.
Maker’s claim The maker says so on its own page or label. We read it but found no independent record.
Not verified We looked and could not confirm it, or the maker does not say. Treat it as unknown.

Sources Where our facts come from 20 sources

Jovial Organic Einkorn Whole Wheat Flour 2 lb, product page. Maker’s page. Price, label and ingredient line read on 23 Oct 2026. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Jovial Foods FAQs. Maker’s page. Whole wheat versus all-purpose, glyphosate certification, gluten, best-before dates. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Jovial Foods: einkorn farmers. Maker’s page. Italian farms; berries dehusked and packed near Siena. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Jovial Foods: Regenerative Organic Certified. Maker’s page. Says products are “becoming” certified. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
USDA Organic Integrity Database: Jovial Foods, Inc.. Certifier or regulator listing. Record read 22 Oct 2026 (the database loads in a browser only). NOP ID 5520031241. Certifier QAI, certified since 08/23/2006, business type distributor, North Stonington, Connecticut. Its listed products include Whole Wheat Einkorn Flour. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
The Detox Project: Glyphosate Residue Free certified products. Certifier or regulator listing. Live page read on 23 Oct 2026. Lists Jovial’s whole wheat and all-purpose einkorn flour and einkorn wheat berries. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
The Detox Project: Glyphosate Residue Free certification program. Independent source. Archive copy of 18 Sep 2026. Fees, testing frequency and laboratory rules. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Regenerative Organic Alliance: Jovial Foods Inc. directory entry. Certifier or regulator listing. Lists Whole Wheat Einkorn Flour. The entry shows no certification date or level. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
California Attorney General: Prop 65 60-day notice search, defendant “Jovial”. Certifier or regulator listing. Nine rows (eight notices) from 2021 to 2026: lead in seven, cadmium in one. Sources named: pasta, vegan mac, vegetables. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
openFDA food enforcement reports, recalling firm “Jovial”. Certifier or regulator listing. No matches on 23 Oct 2026. “Euro-USA Trading” also returned none. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Lead Safe Mama: June 2024 laboratory test results for Jovial all-purpose einkorn flour. Test report. Not detected for lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic. Funded by readers through GoFundMe. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Lead Safe Mama: 2025 retest of Jovial all-purpose einkorn flour. Test report. Purity Laboratories report 2508385, tested 27 Aug 2025: lead 6.12 ppb, cadmium 5.03 ppb, mercury under 5 ppb, arsenic under 10 ppb. Not funded by readers; Lead Safe Mama paid. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Lead Safe Mama: fundraiser to cover the laboratory testing of Jovial all-purpose einkorn flour (May 2024). Independent source. Says the funds for the 2024 test were raised in about 12 hours. Shows who paid; it is not a result. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Vitacost: Jovial Organic Einkorn Whole Wheat Flour, 32 oz. Independent source. Read 23 Oct 2026. $10.59, in stock. The listing’s feature list includes “RO Bronze - Regenerative Organic Certified”. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Amazon: Jovial Organic Einkorn Whole Wheat Flour, 32 Oz. Independent source. Read 23 Oct 2026. $9.35, sold and shipped by Whole Foods Market. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Mamavation: organic all-purpose flours tested for glyphosate (June 2026). Test report. Ten flours, two of them einkorn. Jovial’s all-purpose einkorn flour was not detected for glyphosate. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Code of Federal Regulations, 7 CFR 205.670: inspection and testing of organic products. Certifier or regulator listing. Certifiers must test at least 5 percent of the operations they certify each year, at their own expense. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
California Code of Regulations, title 27, section 25805: Prop 65 reproductive toxicity levels. Certifier or regulator listing. Lead 0.5 µg a day; cadmium 4.1 µg a day (oral). Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
PubMed 35915783: Do ancient wheats contain less gluten than modern bread wheat? (Brouns, Nutrition Bulletin, 2022). Independent source. Abstract read 23 Oct 2026. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Reddit r/Celiac: comment on alternative flours and einkorn marketing (December 2025). Independent source. One reader’s criticism of Jovial’s gluten wording; an opinion, not a finding. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Alternatives Other options to compare 3 options

Jovial Organic Einkorn All-Purpose Flour The same einkorn with part of the bran and germ removed, so it is lighter and not whole grain. It is the version outside labs have tested. $4.70 a pound at 10 lb.
Bluebird Grain Farms Organic Einkorn (Einka) Flour Whole-grain einkorn grown in Washington State and milled weekly, at $5.12 a pound for 4 lb. No lab results are published.
Grand Teton Organic Einkorn Berries Whole berries from an Idaho farm and mill, from $4.48 a pound. You mill them yourself or cook them whole.

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