What is flour

“How does flour get made?” For people who love to bake bread, or just enjoy eating flour-based food it’s a question you may want to ask!

Wheat flour processing steps

Flour is a key ingredient in many recipes and it’s fascinating to learn how this staple food item has been created. So if you are curious why do almost all flour packets have an image of wheat on them? Or wondered about the stages that go into making flour?

This article will answer them! Before we get into the “nitty-gritty” into the question of how flour is made, let’s cover what flour is made from:

Flour is a finely ground powder that comes from grains or plants that are rich in starch.

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The majority of the flour that we consume is wheat flour. After it is grown and harvested it undergoes long processes of cleaning, sifting, and conditioning. Once that is completed the actual milling process begins.

This process used to be made with a stone press (stone ground flour), but is now usually completed with rollers.

The different components of the wheat are separated and later re

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