Wheat Bag Fillings Microwave Heat Packs can vary from all natural wheat to cherrystones and millet seeds. Many people prefer the filling for their heat pack to be natural which is why many customers say the best filling for a wheat bag is wheat.
Wheat has been used as a filler for heat packs since wheat bags first came onto the market in the early 1990's in the UK and wheat even today remains the most popular of all fillings and wheat is used to fill WheatyBags® Brand Wheat Bags. Wheat has a very faint natural aroma when cold though it is hardly noticeable at all though, once warmed up it has a lovely warm smell that we can only describe as totally natural and like warmed wheat.
Wheat, being a totally natural plant-based product is full of moisture and all wheat bags will be damp when first warmed in the microwave. This will dry over time though we do not recommend that you try to dry out this moisture by overheating the heat pack and just let it dry up over time. Once the wheat bag becomes totally dry then we advise placing a cup of water inside the microwave to help retain some moisture in the wheat which also helps overheating.
Alternative fillings for heat packs include cherrystones. Cherrystone Pillows use another totally natural filling and cherry stones are the central core or pip, seed or otherwise known as stone from the middle of a cherry. Cherrystones are then cleaned in the food processing plant and are dried to produce a great filler for cherrystone pillows. Cherrystones are larger in size that wheat and all cherrystones used in heat pillows make for a firmer pillow than wheat filled version though they heat up and provide warmth just the same way as wheat bags do. Cherrystones, when warmed up, have a natural aroma that is stronger than the wheat-filled heat packs and as such, we provide all our cherrystone pillows with natural lavender.
Millet Seeds are also used in some of our heat packs for the microwave though this seed is very small and costly. Millet seeds are used in some of our heated eye masks as one of the best seeds that will provide warmth for warming the eyes and as such as don't tend to use this filling in much larger heat packs where wheat comes into its own as the better filling.
Buckwheat is used as a filling for our traditional sleep pillows and cushions and is never heated in the microwave as a heat pack as it is a very dry natural product and does not retain any heat at all, hence never to be warmed up.
We've listed "Water" as one of our warmer fillings simply to suggest its use with hot water bottles.
<p>Wheat has been used as a filling for microwave heat pack wheat bags since they were first created, It's one of the most original and versatile fillings used for heat packs as it retains heat very well, has a large enough mass to keep warm and lasts time and time again on re-heating.</p>
<p>Being entirely natural, wheat is prone to giving off a moist dampness when the packs are first heated though this will dry up in time and stop being so moist. At WheatyBags® we can tell when it might have been a wet growing season when the wheat gives off more moisture than that from a dry season though no matter, the heat packs all work the same when wheat-filled.</p>
<p>We source our wheat from a Lancashire based grain merchant who has many decades of experience in sourcing wheat from many crop growers though their skill also lies in the way the wheat is cleaned for use in the WheatyBags® heat packs. They separate the wheat from the chaff to a much higher standard that you'd normally expect from a grain merchant and as such our heat packs won't have any unnecessary filling; it's just pure cleaned CE approved wheat at the highest standard.</p>
<p>At WheatyBags® we recognise that not everyone likes the smell of lavender and as such, almost all heat packs are made to order and offer you the choice of adding lavender or not. When we do add lavender, its genuine French Lavender Buds and an entirely natural product with a strong fragrance so if you like lavender, you will love WheatyBags®.</p>
<p>Millet Seeds are popular for filling microwave heat pack toys and other heat packs and where shown, these heat packs do not contain lavender or offer it as an option at the product order stage.</p>
<p>Cherry Stones used in heat packs are literally as they say they are, stones from the centre of cherry's and typically a byproduct that used to be disposed of in the food-producing industry. All cherry stones are washed and cleaned to the highest standard and come ready-prepared from our sources to be used in the WheatyBags® brand of Cherry Stone Pillows.</p>
<p>Cherry Stones are used in these heat packs as an alternative to wheat; they are great for people seeking comfort and warmth from a heat pack when they suffer from a wheat-based allergy or intolerance, or simply seek a firmer cherry stone pillow than a wheat filled option.</p>
<p>All cherry stones have a natural aroma when heated and many customers prefer to mask this by adding lavender to their heat packs, a choice that is provided in the manufacture stage of your order whether you choose the <a href="/products/cherry-stone-heat-pack-square">Square</a>, <a href="/products/cherry-stone-heat-pack-rectangle">Rectangular</a>, <a href="/products/cherry-stone-heat-pack-bottle-shape">Bottle Shaped</a> or <a href="/products/cherry-stone-heat-pack-ushaped">U-Shaped</a> Cherry Stone Pillows.</p>
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<p>Wheat Bags that have Lavender as a choice so that customers can choose if they want to have with lavender or a heat pack with no lavender or scent or aroma added. Many customers of WheatyBags® range of heat packs have asked if we do our products with no lavender which is why we offer the option to have genuine French Provence Lavender added or to have a non-scented heat pack with no aroma.</p>
<p>Water Filled Warmers include traditional Hot Water Bottles and a range of Personalised Hot Water Bottle Covers that use hot water for the provision of heat and warmth. </p>