Who Makes Eucharist Wafers?

The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri, are the largest religious producers of communion hosts in the U.S. and can make up to 8 million wafers a month.

Is it a sin to buy communion wafers?

Is it a sin to buy communion wafers and eat them at home? ... Communion wafers simply mean an unconsecrated communion hosts, not a consecrated host. But if someone somehow took a hold of a consecrated host for example, by receiving it from the priest and not eating it right away and goes home with it, it is sinful.

What are Eucharist wafers made of?

The communion wafers, which are generally made from wheat flour, oil and salt, do not contain a leavening agent, like yeast, that would cause the dough to rise.